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Hello group
I need some help. At the Houston orchid show I bought Phrag. besseae 'Haven" X besseae 'smokin.' This was Saturday. I put it in my greenhouse, Sunday, and watered it. I look at it every day when I get home from work. It had a beautifuf orange flower, with buds below. Today when I looked at it the flower had fallen off. It does not look like something ate it or cut it off. Looks like it just dropped off. Any ideas, or suggestions on the culture? I have moved it in the house with my Phals. It looks as if it is growing in sandy , small rocks. I plan to repot saturday.
Help if you can.

Wayne rohrer

Not sure on the repotting Wayne, since you say she has buds? Anyway, I found this, a good read.

http://www.goreorchidconservatory.co...g-besseae.html

Cheers Wendy
"wayne rohrer" wrote in message om...
Hello group
I need some help. At the Houston orchid show I bought Phrag. besseae 'Haven" X besseae 'smokin.' This was Saturday. I put it in my greenhouse, Sunday, and watered it. I look at it every day when I get home from work. It had a beautifuf orange flower, with buds below. Today when I looked at it the flower had fallen off. It does not look like something ate it or cut it off. Looks like it just dropped off. Any ideas, or suggestions on the culture? I have moved it in the house with my Phals. It looks as if it is growing in sandy , small rocks. I plan to repot saturday.
Help if you can.

Wayne rohrer

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:21:03 -0700, wayne rohrer wrote
(in article ) :

Hello group
I need some help. At the Houston orchid show I bought Phrag. besseae
'Haven" X besseae 'smokin.' This was Saturday. I put it in my greenhouse,
Sunday, and watered it. I look at it every day when I get home from work. It
had a beautifuf orange flower, with buds below. Today when I looked at it the

flower had fallen off. It does not look like something ate it or cut it off.
Looks like it just dropped off. Any ideas, or suggestions on the culture? I

have moved it in the house with my Phals. It looks as if it is growing in
sandy , small rocks. I plan to repot saturday.
Help if you can.

Wayne rohrer

Doesn't sound too ominous, Wayne. That's the way Phrags do; bloom for a few
days and then the head falls off, and in serial bloomers, another will
follow.

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D200

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On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:21:03 -0700, wayne rohrer wrote
(in article ) :

Hello group
I need some help. At the Houston orchid show I bought Phrag. besseae
'Haven" X besseae 'smokin.' This was Saturday. I put it in my greenhouse,
Sunday, and watered it. I look at it every day when I get home from work.
It
had a beautifuf orange flower, with buds below. Today when I looked at it
the

flower had fallen off. It does not look like something ate it or cut it
off.
Looks like it just dropped off. Any ideas, or suggestions on the
culture? I

have moved it in the house with my Phals. It looks as if it is growing in
sandy , small rocks. I plan to repot saturday.
Help if you can.

Wayne rohrer

Doesn't sound too ominous, Wayne. That's the way Phrags do; bloom for a
few
days and then the head falls off, and in serial bloomers, another will
follow.

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D200

As Tom says Phrag flowers drop looking perfectly fresh and unwilted. Don't
worry.

K Barrett

On Mar 21, 12:52 am, "K Barrett" wrote:

As Tom says Phrag flowers drop looking perfectly fresh and unwilted. Don't
worry.

it's actually kind of neat; when my phrag deigns to bloom, and the
flowers fall off, that lets me poke into them and get a really close
look that i don't want to try while the flowers are on the plant, for
fear of damaging them. :) the insides of slipper orchids are very
cool.

--j_a