my first flowering Phrag :)) longifolium
 

this is my first Phrag flowering, its a longifolium. I just had to share it as i am so happy to see if flower. I've been waiting a while for this.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8788/img1169kg7.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2746/img1171lm1.jpg

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Very beautiful.

well worth the wait, and now you can enjoy it for a long long time, as they will bloom sequentially for months!

Very impressive! Good growing.

Kim

Breathtaking!

beautiful really! great growing OrchidLover1982!

Congratulations on a job well done!

I was of the belief that phrag flowers didn't last very long (i think i read it somewhere) but this one seems to be lasting for quite a while. I tried to self the flower so will be interesting to see what happens.

Impressive that you got it to flower.......all mine turn brown and go squishy.........lol

Well done! My Phrag. Sedenii lasted for a couple of months and it's half longifolium.

Beautiful! Absolutely great colors!

thanks for the comments fellow orchid lovers. Bolero i hope you have better success with the phrags in the future. I don't really do an aweful lot with mine. It just sits in a shallow tray of water. I grow it in coconut husk and the occasional shot of fertiliser. Maybe they just like the climate here. besseae isn't an easy one for me though. I have been overwatering as i thought they also like to sit in a tray of water but i think i was wrong. Many of the roots seem to have rotted and a few brown patches on leaves so i'm letting it stay moist but not wet from now on.

Does anyone have experience with pollinating phrags? i tried to self the pictured flower and i think it may have taken. The flower itself has dropped off and the seedpod part remains on the plant, is this what happens with phrags when they pollinate? I don't have much experience with phrag pollination. Most orchids that i have pollinated retain there flowers which just wither away while still attached to the developing pod.