Cattleya bloom(s) on the way!

[zainal abidin]

I do agree with the above is not catt but more toward native Dendrobium from Papua New Guinea and Australia looks to me like Jack said D. speciosum or maybe others.

[Lin Goncalves]

Just googled the Dend. speciosum and it does look like this is what's on the way - watch this space!

[Sheryl]

Excited to see what blooms. I don't have a single cattleya. Not sure exactly why- maybe I'm nervous about opening up those floodgates

Traci, I only have one and it's never bloomed for me in 4 years.

[Chris in Hamilton]

Traci, I only have one and it's never bloomed for me in 4 years.

Now, this is why you're supposed share your problem. So you can be helped as in an intervention. Why don't you give some info regarding name, growing conditions and a picture or two?

[Traci]

Now, this is why you're supposed share your problem. So you can be helped as in an intervention. Why don't you give some info regarding name, growing conditions and a picture or two?

Sheryl I feel your pain. Hope these folks can help out. I'm sure they can.

[JDT]

A landscaper friend gave me the one I have back in 2009 that he had gotten out of a yard he was redoing and the customer did not want the orchid any longer. He did not know what it was and at first I treated it as a Cattleya then after a few years decided that it was not a Cattleya, then I thought it was a Schomburgkia so I mounted it and put it in direct sunlight for most of the day. It finally bloomed for me last year and that is when I figured out that it was a Dendrobium speciosum, it did not bloom for me this year even with the new PB's that have grown. I did notice last year that the blooms came from more mature PB's not the new ones. I decided several months ago to take it off the mount and put in a pot that I still keep in the direct sunlight. If I am right on the name you are going to enjoy what blooms!

[ksriramkumar]

Very nice story. I wanted to grow this but hard to come by and don't have too many landscaping friends. LOL

A landscaper friend gave me the one I have back in 2009 that he had gotten out of a yard he was redoing and the customer did not want the orchid any longer. He did not know what it was and at first I treated it as a Cattleya then after a few years decided that it was not a Cattleya, then I thought it was a Schomburgkia so I mounted it and put it in direct sunlight for most of the day. It finally bloomed for me last year and that is when I figured out that it was a Dendrobium speciosum, it did not bloom for me this year even with the new PB's that have grown. I did notice last year that the blooms came from more mature PB's not the new ones. I decided several months ago to take it off the mount and put in a pot that I still keep in the direct sunlight. If I am right on the name you are going to enjoy what blooms!

[Chris in Hamilton]

Very nice story. I wanted to grow this but hard to come by and don't have too many landscaping friends. LOL

Me too! We have kingianum (7-8 varieties) coming out the wazzoo where I am but no speciosum.

[Sheryl]

Very beautiful flower Jack and a good story!

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Now, this is why you're supposed share your problem. So you can be helped as in an intervention. Why don't you give some info regarding name, growing conditions and a picture or two?

Thanks Chris. I'm pretty sure I just wasn't giving it enough light. I moved it in the spring and it has grown 2 new pb. In the pic you can see the 2 older pb have two sheaths from last year that dried up. The plant is a Bullara Redland Sunset.

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[Chris in Hamilton]

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imho,1st impression, is that its over potted. Was it a seedling when you got it? That is a Den. we can see in the pot to the right behind it?