Phal Queen Beer

[ula]

It looks wonderful! Does anyone know if there's a King Beer? I would get it for my husband and keep the Queen for myself .

[Leafmite]

What a beauty! The color is great and the flowers are arranged so gracefully!

[Lynn in Michigan]

Either way, the blooms and color are beautiful on both of them. I wouldn't mind either one.

[Optimist]

I was expecting a light amber ale color. The pink threw me off. Darn, I never guess right!

[rbarata]

I contacted the vendor, in Netherlands, and asked the name of my hybrid. It's called "Vivaldi".
Now I got a name for it.

[terracotta7]

What a gorgeous orchid! Enjoy! Enjoy!

[No-Pro-mwa]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

no, its definitely Queen Beer. It was registered in 1992 by a Taiwanese person. He/she has only 1 registration so I don't know if it was a translation mistake.
However I do know - as I have read - that 'mistakes' are common whether intentional or not. Phal Yaphon Ugly Person is an actual registration, as is Phal Yaphon Apairof Moustache, Yaphon Bluepis, Yaphon The Hulk...........hmm maybe he was 'honouring' his mother-in-law, nobody knows except him

Maybe he was or perhaps he was thirsty at the time

[S_Mazza]

Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

a close-up. Blooms are about 2 inches across. Queen Beer are not that common anymore - large plant and relatively small flowers. On the upside, they have plenty of neon-coloured magenta/purple flowers and the larger/older ones can bloom more than once per year. Blooms are long-lasting.

For anyone considering buying this variety, this is a really good description of the plant. I just bought one from Hausermann Orchids and was surprised at the size of the leaves. The span is about 14 inches tip to tip. This puts it a bit out of scale with my "teacup" phals that are about 10 inches across. Still, the plant has 3 spikes, each of which looks like it wants to branch. I am really excited to see those radiant blooms!