Phragmipedium Living Fire

Phragmipedium Living Fire
Hybrid Classification Seed Parent: Phragmipedium Sorcerer's Apprentice Pollen Parent: Phragmipedium besseae Genus: Phragmipedium Hybrid Epithet: Phrag. Living Fire Binomial name Phragmipedium Living Fire M.Pendleton Orchid Zone Dec 1, 1995

Phragmipedium Living Fire is a Phragmipedium hybrid.

Culture

Plants grow in cool to intermediate areas with bright indirect sunlight. Plants should be watered with clean water and keep potting media wet. Plants can tolerate lots of water as long as media remains fresh. Plants are sensitive to salts. Keep fertilizers to a minimum as plants are light feeders. Plant in a mix with good air circulation. Plants can be grown in a mix of sphagnum moss, charcoal and perlite or medium fir bark with perlite.

Parentage

Generation 1

1. Phragmipedium Sorcerer's Apprentice × Phragmipedium besseae

Generation 2

1. Phragmipedium Sorcerer's Apprentice = Phragmipedium longifolium × Phragmipedium longifolium