I am growing paphs mainly brachys. I would like to know which phrag can be grown together with the brachys. My growing condition is warm tropical.
Advice on potting mix, light, watering, fertilising etc would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Joe,
I would say just about any of them need higher light, and they are so much biger thany your brachies. Maybe a smaller besseae or so.. Not sure if I answered your question. Sorry!

My Phrags grow under fluorescent tubes in my basement during the winter months. Temperature is 68-70º F during the day and drops about 5º at night. The tubes are 4' long -- the 2' ones don't give enough light for Phrags. In the summer, they go outside on my front porch, which faces North, and get a few hours of morning Michigan sun. They seem to be quite happy.

If size is a concern, look for hybrids that have in them pearcei, schlimii, fischeri and other smaller growing species. If you don't want large plants with big leaves, stay away from caudatum and its kin, as these tend to produce larger plants.

Happy growing!

If you can grow Paphs well, then you should have no problem growing any Phrags especially the long petalled multifloral Phrags if your conditions are warm.

If you can grow Paphs well, then you should have no problem growing any Phrags especially the long petalled multifloral Phrags if your conditions are warm.

Actually, our temps are not warm - it's HOT!!!

About 25oC all the way to 35 oC

All,

Thanks for the info. Nothing on the potting mix. Would appreciate if you elaborate further.

Hi Peter,

"any Phrags especially the long petalled multifloral Phrags if your conditions are warm"
Which would you recommend for tropical temperature between 75 to 93F?

Regards,

Joseph.

Well Joe, many people grow them many different ways. The smaller ones like schlimii and fischerii like to be real wet, compared to larger dryer plants like caudatum, warsce..., etc..

We grow our dryer phrags in CHC and spongerock, our wetter ones in small/ med bark and spongerock and these sit in a tray of water. There are several discussions on mixes and conditions in the phrag section of this page. Good luck!

I have grown Phrags and Paphs in south Florida where it is HOT (I really couldn't tolerate all that sub tropical heat) most of the time and I had no problem growing them. You can try a caudatum and see how well it can grow in your care.

Thanks for the info.

I think the biggest difference between the culture for my phrags versus brachys is that the phrags need lots more water than the brachys. Some even like to have their roots always in water (like the pearcei).

But compared to brachys most of them get pretty tall.