Hello all, this is my latest bloomer, caudatum x sargentianum. The sepals held together for a long while as the bloom was opening, so it ended up a bit skewed. I am hoping the next bloom will not do the same...

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--Stephen

Beautiful! :clap2: That is one of my favorite Phrag hybrids.

I'm guessing it's a first bloom because it looks a bit twisted overall but I really like the form and colors. Good Job Growing!!!!!!! :clap:

Looks Great! Hope it blooms better for you next year, not that I think it is bad....

looks great :clap:

Hi Stephen,

That is so pretty!!! Thank you for posting. I'm a little confused. (nothing new) Isn't sargentianum a variety of caudatum?

I don't understand the cross; not that it means much to be as this is so beautiful!!!!

Thanks!!

Nice job quoting Susan :poke:
I actually don't know how to use that button, so you are ahead of me :)

Stephen,

I love the twists in the petals!

thanks

Thanks for the nice comments, all.

Susan, the proper name of the parents are Phrag caudatum and Phrag lindleyanum var. sargentianum (Grus, Olaf. A Checklist of the Genus Phragmipedium. Orchid Digest. Oct., Nov., Dec., 2000, pp. 213-41.), but the RHS uses sargentianum for registration purposes (IMHO, justifiably so, although they need to start allowing species + varietal names to be used as parents).

--Stephen

Thanks Stephen!

Phrag names, species, crosses, confuse the heck out of me!!

Lovely. I like the spots