Phrag. Cardinale

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by quiltergal

OrchidWiz has schlimii categorized as cool-warm growing. I think with kovachii as the other half of the cross I would err more on the cool side than warm. It also could be that it just isn't mature enough to bloom yet. I have a Don Wimber that took 3 years before it reached blooming size.

I have been bad about fertilizing mine this year. I used to do it once a month and that worked very well. I've just been lazy. I only have 4 Phrags left now so maybe I'll be more motivated to take better care of them.

No, it is a miniature but blooming size.
I bought it with a pike bearing a few buds, which all blasted. It was bare root and came all the way from South America in the cold winter in the US. must have suffered quite a bit. lol

The main issue is that some of the leaves keep getting this annoying brown rotting that keeps coming back each time I trim them off.