Phragmipedium
Grande Veitch
registered 1881.
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Parentage : Phrag. longifolium x Phrag. caudatum
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Comments : Back then in 1881 this hybrid was originally registered as Selenipedium Grande.
The hybrid Phrag. Grande was originally made with Phrag. hartwegii. Back in those days hartwegii was seen as a variety of longifolium. Therefore Phrag. Grande is said to be a hybrid of Phrag. longifolium.
An interesting remark was published as a Registrar's Note in the Supplement of New Orchid Hybrids to The Orchid Review, May-Jun 2003, Vol. 111, No. 1251. I quote:
"Phragmipedium Grande. There appear to be two different grexes grown under this name. The original Phrag. Grande is Phrag. caudatum x Phrag. longifolium with a basically green flower and a little red-bronze or mahogany colouring on the pouch. It is illustrated in Reichenbachia 2nd series, 1: t.16 (1892) which plate is reproduced in Die Orchidee 44(6): 284 (1993). The other grex is Phrag. warscewiczianum x Phrag. longifolium for which the registered name Phrag. Wössner Supergrande is available. This grex produces flowers which are much darker in colour with more mahogany-red on the pouch, cf. illustration in Die Orchidee 44(6): 296 (1993). Probably, this confusion has arisen because Phrag. warscewiczianum was at one time registered as Phrag. caudatum var. warscewiczianum."
Hybrids :
Phrag. Grande
x Phrag. besseae = Phrag. China Dragon
x Phrag. caricinum = Phrag. Evy Finegan
x Phrag. caudatum = Phrag. Giganteum
x Phrag. caudatum var. wallisii = Phrag. Penns Creek Cascade
x Phrag. caudatum var. warscewiczianum = Phrag. Devil Fire
x Phrag. dalessandroi = Phrag. Quetivel Mill
x Phrag. hirtzii = Phrag. Deliverance
x Phrag. lindleyanum = Phrag. Uranus
x Phrag. lindleyanum var. sargentianum = Phrag. Umbriel
x Phrag. longifolium = Phrag. Mont Fallu
x Phrag. pearcei var. ecuadorense = Phrag. Shizuko Kawatsura
x Phrag. Acker's Superstar = Phrag. Acker's Star
x Phrag. Andean Fire = Phrag. Reznor
x Phrag. Bel Royal = Phrag. Mont a l'Abbe
x Phrag. Calurum = Phrag. Archirondel
x Phrag. Conchiferum = Phrag. Elsteadianum
x Phrag. Court Jester = Phrag. Green Dragon
x Phrag. Desormes = Phrag. Grands Vaux
x Phrag. Dominianum = Phrag. Acker's Grand Domain
x Phrag. Eric Young = Phrag. Bouley Bay
x Phrag. Fliquet = Phrag. Pontac
x Phrag. Hanne Popow = Phrag. Les Landes
x Phrag. Jason Fischer = Phrag. Saie Harbour
x Phrag. Jersey = Phrag. Francheville
x Phrag. Living Fire = Phrag. Becquet Vincent
x Phrag. Memoria Dick Clements = Phrag. Fliquet
x Phrag. Nicholle Tower = Phrag. Mourier Point
x Phrag. Portelet = Phrag. La Hougue Bie
x Phrag. Predator = Phrag. Tyrannosaurus
x Phrag. Rosy Charm = Phrag. Acker's Charm
x Phrag. Rouge Bouillon = Phrag. Greve d'Azette
x Phrag. Ruby Slippers = Phrag. Rapunzel
x Phrag. Sedenii = Phrag. Pulchellum
x Phrag. Sorcerer's Apprentice = Phrag. Les Dirouilles
x Phrag. Sunset Glow = Phrag. Acker's Sunset
x Phrag. Twilight = Phrag. Audrey
Intergeneric hybrids :
x Paphiopedilum Memoria J.H. Walker =
Phrphm. Confusion
