Beallara Peggy Ruth Carpenter

[NatalieS]

This has sulked for nearly two years, but I persisted with it and although it didn't produce a lot of flowers, they are MUCH nicer than when I bought it. Really big with much nicer form and colour.

Thanks for looking.





This is a pic of what the flowers looked like when I bought it:

[ronaldhanko]

Gorgeous flowers, beautifully grown and photographed.

[james mickelso]

Very pretty. Beallara don't produce a lot of flowers unless grown perfectly. Give lots of nitrogen when growing new growths and then when mature switch to a low nitrogen high phosphorous/potassium fertilizer.

[Orchidgirl83]

Very pretty

[terracotta7]

Wonderful! I just love those flowers! Enjoy!

[RosieC]

Really gorgeous!

[MrsSky]

Nice! I love how the flowers seem to have more spots with your care. Is that related to more light?

[WhiteRabbit]

Gorgeous! Best looking flowers I have seen for this hybrid!

[NatalieS]

Thank you everyone for the comments!

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Gorgeous flowers, beautifully grown and photographed.

I'm getting better at the photography bit. Having a DSLR does make things easier!

Originally Posted by james mickelso

Very pretty. Beallara don't produce a lot of flowers unless grown perfectly. Give lots of nitrogen when growing new growths and then when mature switch to a low nitrogen high phosphorous/potassium fertilizer.

Oh, my fertilising habits have been all over the place this summer. With the nice weather, nearly all my orchids got stuck outside and therefore got whatever the other plants were getting.

Which was mainly a dilute mix of tomato fertiliser. Shh.

I also tried my hand at home-made seaweed extract with seaweed collected from the beach.

Originally Posted by MrsSky

Nice! I love how the flowers seem to have more spots with your care. Is that related to more light?

I don't know. It could be. Something tells me it's probably more related to temperature. I've been leaving it out at night so it's definitely been experiencing cooler temps. Though this hybrid is supposed to prefer the room temperature range, it hasn't batted an eye and we're down to 13C at night now.

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Gorgeous! Best looking flowers I have seen for this hybrid!

Thank you Sonya! The size and form did make me think more of one of its parents, Tahoma Glacier. I'm not complaining about that!

[Bolero]

The colour is lovely, thanks for sharing.