phrag giganteum

[philoserenus]

hey guys, thought i'd share this, this opened a few days ago.

the petals are roughly 14.5" long at the moment =) two more buds to go--i dun think itz going to produce more, it is its first bloom afterall ^^

[elibrown81]

absolutly STUNNING!! This just got added to my list of must haves. Overall the plant looks super happy. What is your culture? (media, watering, feeding, lighting, ect.) Whatever you're doing must be working! Congrats!

[kavanaru]

wow! that's a beauty!!

[philoserenus]

hmm i bought him in bud about half a month ago. basically itz grown in s/h but with a removable reservoir--so container full of leca and it sits in water. it is just topped off with some moss. it gets a southern exposure (which it seems to love), and i use msu fertilizer weakly weekly, but i water freely throughout the week, generally 2-3x a week.

it is happy indeed, but we are having a fight with some fungal infection--either due to a change in culture conditions or it (the fungus) just finally got the upper hand. some fuzzy around the roots.

[Lagoon]

No need to stress yourself out, I'll take it Nick

[philoserenus]

haha thanks ^^
well i guess im going to hafta grow it drier and see how the mold comes around... so i removed the moss and removed the reservoir, so i think im just gonna hafta water more often, thatz all... im in search of some kind of fungicide that is available to me and that i can use on it.