Phragmipedium Giganteum
 

Three blooms, opening in succession between 1/2/10 – 1/9/10. First time I have rebloomed it since receiving it in bloom two years ago!

Very nice. Well Done!

Right on Yvan!! Gorgeous phrag :clap:

Gorgeous! Great growing!

that is very nice,great growing

I love this one! Really, really nice. You must have finally broken down and gave into the large phrags, like I have.

i love it! phrags are some of my faves!! you did a great job blooming it!

Awesome! Well done, Yvan!

Kim

the shades on the pouch are quite lovely

Nice flowering, really impressive.

Very nice! I've not seen one of these, before. Thanks for sharing!

Well done!

Yvan, it's gorgeous! I like the coloring on yours much better than some others I have seen. Has this one taken over your apartment yet? :rofl:

I love Phrags, too and that one is exceptional.

Since I'm a chronic overwaterer (I've put most chids into S/H to save thier lives :blushing: ) I do wonderful with Phrags. Got several new shoots on a couple of mine.

Wow!
:winner:

Thanks all! Yeah, this guy kinda knocks my socks off. It had a rough first year in my care, came to me in a wretched state. So was doubly happy it seems to have finally bounced back.

@Terri & Tracy: Unfortunately, I still won't be getting any more Phrags at this size even though I really love them. I had to move this one from its usual growing spot once it started spiking. And now that it has started growing a third fan, am afraid I will REALLY have to reconsider where it should go.

Beautifull! Great growing!
can you pls tell a little about your growing area / conditions of your phrags? I still can't find the best watering method for phrags, and wheather to let them sit in water or not.
thanks for sharing!

Great Phrag Yvan,I have the Grande and Paul Eugene Conroy which looks almost the same like Grande. Vina,I grow it in S/H and water it ever second day and they seem to be ok.Congratulation:bowing Yvan and happy growing.:)

Thanks ewica!

Vina—Perfectly willing to share, although my conditions are I'm sure really not ideal at all. So take with a grain of salt. This is the only Phrag I have, and it has actually been grown under a compact fluorescent light, 105 watts. Almost constant air movement, temps which get as low as 55 F in the winter and as high as 85–90 F in the summer, humidity always somewhere between 50%–70%. I have it potted in sphagnum moss in a plastic pot, and only water when the top of the moss is completely dry (almost crunchy). For me, that translates into usually about twice a week, sometimes three times a week in intense summer heat.

Hope that is at least somewhat helpful! Good luck!

Yvan, Ewcia, thanks a lot!
I have only 4 phrags, but it seems this is not the end of list.

Hi Vina:hello,how many have you bloomed already and in what kind of medium have you grown your prags?:)

ewcia, none of them so far. I just started (a year ago) with 2 young plants: Phrag Wallisii and Phrag Schroederae. And 2 I bought at the Show in Dresden (Germany): some Bessae hybrid and one NOID.

Schroedearea and NOID I grow in mix of clay pebbles, fine pine bark, carcoal and a very little sphagnum.
Wallisii and Bessae hybrid I never repotted, so I'm not very sure. And .... it seems that Wallissii is spiking!

:hello Vina,that's a good news with your phrag.Post a picture when flowers are going to be open.Seems like everybody in Europe have only one place do go to shop for orchids?I have many friends in Poland (I am originally from Poland) and they go there too.Congratulation on your phrag :)

Hope it will :) How long does it take from spike emerging till bloom?

regarding Dresden I wouldn't say this is the only place to buy chids (I've never been there before). On 2009 there was this Congress (once in 4 years) , so everybody expected good show, new contacts and large number of growers / farms.

hurray mine is in sheath :)

Hello Vina,it takes some time but it is worth waiting,I would say 2-3 weeks and it really depends on weather and it is hard to say exactly,when is wamer faster,when colder slower.Good luck

that is a beauty! congrats!