Now, while I understand the controversy associated with anything related to P. kovachii, I do not understand the controversy over a SINGLE clone that managed to bloom 14 months out of flask. We are not dealing with a load of blooming plants hitting the market. This is one SINGLE clone that happily enough managed to bloom in a very fast time. The reason that phrags are getting so popular now is that they, or rather the hybrids, are so easy to grow and bloom. Phrag hybrids grow fast, and bloom young. No, not all....I have some phrag hybrids that just won't bloom. It happens. I have also had Phrag hybrids, such as Eric Young, that zoomed through their growth and bloomed within less than 18 months after my purchasing them in compots. Believe me, I may have had years of experience, but I would never, ever, label myself an expert grower. I'm just a hobbyest, dealing with windowsills, fluorescent lights, and an outdoor deck in the summer. Some plants grow well, some don't. Some bloom, some die. And if I can get an occasional seedling phrag to bloom within 2 years from flask, It is not hard at all for me to conceive that a professional grower, with all the advantages of professional growing conditions, and large numbers of plants, can bloom a phrag hybrid 14 months out of flask. However, this is Pk, not just an old besseae cross...so what? Yes its new...yes, the species itself appears to be a slower grower (at this point in people's observations), its still a hybrid, and phrag hybrids can grow damn quickly. And, lets not forget...we are talking about 1 SINGLE clone that happened to bloom early. What's the opinion of the other professional phrag growers on this list? Is it possible to get a single clone of a phrag cross to bloom early? Take care, Eric Muehlbauer in very unusually frigid Queens NY....besseae in bloom, concolor, bellatulum, argus, hirsutissimum in bud.........
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