How nice, good looking Phaius growing in your garden. And the Phals are indeed Phun, even pretty!
I would love to see the pretty floof maturing a bit more for the dorsal to broaden/flatten? The lip is spectacular!
Jim & Lindsy, Beautiful Phaiuses. Mine are almost bloomed out. Perhaps it is because I bring them inside as soon as we get to FL in December so that we can enjoy them. During the year, the pots reside in large terra cotta pots so that the animals won't overturn and destroy them. Last year, unfortunately, we had two hard freezes before we arrived and I had no blooms whatsoever, however, the plants are growing nicely now. Joan Hart bloomed in the summer and we got here just in time to see the last flower fade. So far this year, Raben's Raven hasn't produced a spike yet this year but I think one might be coming up.
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Those Phaius are spectacular!
My Rabin's Raven shows no signs of spiking yet. I don't know if it's not mature enough, or if months of 40s at night is too cold for too long. My phaiocalanthe 'Ursula' has 4 spikes though.
Carol, My Rabin's Raven is old enough to bloom, however, it might have been hurt by the two freezes it went through the winter of 2010. I thought I had lost everything as when we arrived here all of the leaves were black -- not a good sign. I am getting something that might be a spike but it's too early to tell.
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
Nice Lc. love passion 'Dogashima' X Pot. rubescence SVO, Carol..and ..of course...the Cyms...
mine are still pathetic, despite repotting..I am soooo envious!
