Cycnodes Taiwan Gold - a new clone
Of course it may not be new to you ! The full name is Cycnodes Taiwan Gold "Taiwan Orange"
If you think you want to grow Catasetums in UK, Taiwan Gold is the easiest to find, and in my experience over the last 4 or 5 years struggling with them ( I don't struggle now- I simply grow them a lot warmer than I was trying to do in the past )the easiest to grow, by far. Its the only one I found which will readily throw extra growths from back bulbs , almost the only one where I get back-bulbs at all, with most, the oldest bulb shrivels quite quickly,and also the only one which frequently throws several spikes at the same time. Maybe others in my collection will do the same now that they are all growing well, but that remains to be seen.
I think that Taiwan Gold has been meristemmed , probably lots of times , and I assume that this is a mutant - which does happen if you keep on meristemming through several generations. A lucky chnace. This clone , purchased from a well-known Catasetum specialist nursery, not a thousand miles from Taipei - of course I must not mention names here ! seems even stronger than Taiwan Gold in the usual form .
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