this one came from my recent trip from Lima, the mother plant was already in bloom, i got a small division of this one, this is my third caudatum that i own, and odd enough the three clones are quite different from each other. why did i brought this plant back with me having 2 of them already? well this plant had petals of 1m 23 cm long, i have never seem anything this long for this species, the plant itself was MASSIVE, with a leaf span of at least 70-80 cm about 10 adult fans and about other 8 i could count that were growing up, it had broader than normal leaves, leaf was also very leathery and strong, almost hard to to bend without breaking , plant was about 65 cm tall. coloration was also different from the ones i have. so i bought it with the spike, just to make sure the plant was the same, (sometimes there are several clones growing in the same spot). and after the bloom opened , there is no doubt that this is indeed the same one with those huge petals. the flower itself was also far bigger than the others i had, i presume that happens because of the size of the mother plant.
this division i took was quite small, the main fan have a leaf span of 27 cm, and it is a single fan with a baby one starting to grow the attached pictures are of the plant that is here in my greenhouse, flowers were not as big as the ones i saw in the mother plant, but still bigger that the other caudatums i own. was impossible for me to bring a bigger division of this massive plant although it was offered to me.
i cut the flowers after the picture, so its energy is concentrated in growing a new root system. as it does have very few roots left after i trimmed the division off from the mother plant.
sadly my cell phone had no battery and i could not take picture of such massive specimen , sorry guys!
Antonio.
phrag caudatum (a peruvian one)
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