Phrag. pearcei var. ecuadorense in bloom

[silken]

Originally Posted by Paphluvr

Very nice, Silken, and the plant looks great, too.

Thanks! The plant is much happier these days. Just like it was before I re-potted and divided it last time.

[isurus79]

Simply outstanding! I love the color on this one. Where did you get it?

[silken]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Simply outstanding! I love the color on this one. Where did you get it?

Thanks! I got it from a fellow society member who was ill and getting rid of most of his plants. At the time it had a bad case of scale and was badly in need of re-potting. I re-potted and treated it with imidacloprid and had it isolated for a long while. Eventually it bloomed and multiplied. Then really seemed set back from dividing and re-potting. Just when it had some new little growths, it fell off the shelf and came un-potted and broke growths. The poor thing has been thru the mill. So I have tried to be nice to it ever since and finally it is back to where I had it before my last re-pot and divide. It really is not fussy, especially if it can bounce back from all of that. I suspect it maybe came from Ecuagenera, but it isn't their tag. Just a hand written one. Around here we don't have a lot of sources for plants like this other than when Ecuagenera and the like come to a show.

[isurus79]

Wow, that's quite a comeback tale! I hope you're able to show it on subsequent bloomings.

[silken]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Wow, that's quite a comeback tale! I hope you're able to show it on subsequent bloomings.

Thanks. I'm not sure if it will always bloom only in summer. Where I live we don't have a lot of access to shows and judging unfortunately.

[Tindomul]

Great photographs of a most elegant set of blooms.

[silken]

Originally Posted by Tindomul

Great photographs of a most elegant set of blooms.

Thanks. It's actually in bloom again!

[Tindomul]

Nice, I hope you share it with us again.