http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/zimdog5827/JASONFISCHER.jpg


This is my first FCC! I have 3 AM's also on this grex out of about 20 seedlings from flask.

Bill

That is a beautiful flower and photo and congratulations! :clap2: Also, :welcome: to the forum!

:ohmy: that is really red! looks perfect!! :clap:

Congratulations! Great looking flower :clap:

Hi Bill,
That's super gorgeous! Congratulations on all the awards!
Welcome to the forum - how'd you hear of us, if you don't mind my asking?

Enjoy the forum, we've got a really great bunch here. And keep the photos coming! :)

Awesome Bill.

That one deserves the FCC. :Party: :Party:

Wow and Welcome!

Very nice and very deserving indeed!
Welcome aboard, it's excellent to have you.

Jon

Ok..I was going to be patient but who am I kidding, I'm never patient! Do you happen to have the dimensions on this flower?
Thanks!

Thanks for the kudos.....

I just sort of bumped into this web site while surfing for some orchid bark. There was a link to this site and I figured I would check it out. It really is a nice site and feel that it will be a good place to interact with slipper fans!
I've grown these things for 30 years or so and have seen a lot of plants while judging and just blooming the latest and greatest.....
Hopefully I can contribute something positive to the group.

Bill

dimensions:

nat.spr. 10.0 cm, 7.5 cm vert; ds 2.2 cm w, 3.8 cm l; pet. 2.5 cm 2, 5.0 cm l; syn 2.5 w, 3.2 cm l, pouch 2.2 cm w, 3.5 cm l.

the award description was:" Two magnificent, flat flowers and two buds on two inclorescneces; dorsal sepal and petals bright clear red; yellowish green synsepal formed a pleasing contrast with sepal and petals; pouch yellow, heavily overlaid bright red, substance firm; texture velvety; significant improvement over previous award."

The plant had received an 87 pt AM in the spring and was raised to an FCC (91) on the fall blooming.

It's tough to get an award raised normally but this blooming was a definite improvement over the prior award. I actually checked the dims a week later and the flower was even larger 10.5 cm wide and 2.7 cm wide in the petals.

Thanks Bill! One more question - what *is* the grex, if I might bother you further?

I received my SOA member directory today and saw you listed, so I'd wondered if you'd found us through there, the timing sort of coincided. At any rate, glad you found us any which way!

You've definitely already contributed something positive! That's a really spectacular Jason Fischer. I love this hybrid but have yet to bloom one.

That's why they call 'em FCCs!

GREAT Growing!

Bill,

I don't often comment on posted pictures but this time...WOW!
Spectacular. I'm also curious of the specific parents. I've bloomed out many
of these and almost all have been good but 4 awards on 20 plants is a very high percentage.

Did I say WOW???

Jeff

I forgot that this was in the May Orchids magazine, and Heather had scanned in a few pages...
http://www.slipperorchidforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4486&sid=f8dde8e4d747cbc26dced9e43eca58e5

That is a great one. I myself have six Jason's have bloomed only one so far but has to be a favorite.

The cross was from Hans Burkhardts lab which is now Sherwood Orchids (Rob Terry). The pod parent was bessae "Noyo" and Mem. Dick Clements was the pollen parent. I don't believe the cross is 4n but Rob tells me that it might be...
This cross appears more red when bessae is the pod parent. Mem. Dick Clements as the pod seems to bring darker reds.
Also, and this is very important with many red flowers, if you can grow them on the cool side they will be much more vibrant than bloomed warm. This is true for cattleyas also with sophronitis coccinea (now laelia) in the lineage.

Bill

Bill,

Welcome!

Superb flower and picture! Congratulations on all the awards from the one flask. Is this a selfing or sib cross? Did you make the pod?

Thanks,

Peter

Oh my Gosh! That is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!! Congrats on the award....very well deserved! :clap2:

I just bought a Jason Fischer....hope it blooms out to be half as nice as yours.

Grats on the award!!! That's an amazing flower and I love the red. Perhaps someday you'll be interested in selling a division?

Hi Bill

and :welcome: to the forum. The first words out of my mouth when I saw the posted picture can't be printed but as said in an earlier post WOW !!!!!!.

That's absolutely gorgeous - thanks for sharing.

Cheers
Stephan

I would appreciate more information on what you mean by 'grow them on the cool side' to increase the colour intensity. What day and nightime temperature would you recommend, and at what stage would these temperatures be required? ( i.e. as soon as a bloom sheath is noticed or later when the buds are evident?).

TIA

Stunning colour :clap: :clap: :clap:

Well done, and welcome

By cool, I mean on the cool side of intermediate 55 F or a smidge lower at night while the spike and flower buds are developing.
Daytime temperatures 70-75f.
If you bloom the same flowers in the summer (these plants stay in bloom for many months), the color intensity drops as the temperature increases. That is true for many flowers in many genera. My plants of Phrag Don Wimber show a striking difference in color intensity from the temperature effect.

what more can I say ? such a "perfect" flower : color and shape are really syperb ! congratulations on the growing and awards...

Absolutely breathtaking!

Stunning flower.......I am completely jealous.