Phal Bronze Maiden is one of my favorite Phals in my collection, and in the spring I decided to get a second one as insurance. I was surprised to find out that plants of this hybrid at various vendors seems to be from seed grown plants, as my 'back up plant' has very different blooms! I love them both now, and want to collect more plants of this cross...
Phal Bronze Maiden is a cross between Phal schilleriana and Phal mannii 'black'. First photo is my new plant now in bloom, the blooms clearly take after the schilleriana parent.
For comparison, this is my first plant, which has a very strong mannii influence. I love the blooms, they start out a reddish color before gradually fading to a rich yellow.
Phal Bronze Maiden - 2 plants, and 2 very different blooms!
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