Very nice group of catts! Is that one with the amazing lip dowiana?? They are all beautiful!
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Here are my blooming Catts (some blooms have already passed prime)
From left to right: C. mossiae coerulea 'SVO' x C. lawrenceana coerulea 'Pedrito' (last three flowers) , C. mossiae coerulea 'No 33' x 'Herrera', C. dowiana, C. gaskelliana 'Sr. Npod' x self, C. warscewiczii s\a 'Atropurpureum' x self, C. gaskelliana 'Victoria Caballero' x 'Rosa'
Cattleya dowiana is blooming in spite of pseudobulb rot on central (oldest) bulb. I am going to start a thread about this special plant.
Very nice group of catts! Is that one with the amazing lip dowiana?? They are all beautiful!
Natt that is simply out of this world !! You have a gorgeous collection of summer blooming Cattleyas. But I could keep the infected plant a bit away in a less crowded spot. From what I hear C. warscewiczii is very sensitive to rot.
Thank you Amey!
Well, I put all the plants so close to each other just for photo session. The C. dowiana is not really insolated but stands on the end of the shelf. I don't see any problem with this slow developing pseudobulb rot which usually affects dowianas at most. I don't know if it helps or not but I use a fungicide for affected pseudobulb every second day.
Lovely Cattleya blooms, Nat.
cheers,
BD
Nat - What an awe-inspiring display! I'm struggling just to keep my few catts alive and yours are an absolute crowd of color and shape, and (I wish I could smell then). I'm having trouble with a C. Mary Crowe (C.G. Roebling x lueddemanniana) () - could you take a look and see what might be wrong?
That has to be one of the best dowianas I've ever seen in terms of presentation--possibly the flattest I've ever seen. Most tend to be cuppy. Yours is a sweetheart! Does it grow and bloom well?
You really are a cattleya Species Queen! Always look forward to your catt. photos.
C. mossiae coerulea 'No 33' x 'Herrera' is blooming with 21 flowers this year!
First two flowers opened on May 11th and are now gone.