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    Default MONSTER Catt - in bloom

    Just thought I'd share a photo of my monster Catt (well something related to a Catt I think - if anyone can identify the plant that would be great), this guy was given to me by a friend who had almost killed it. The catt put on so much new growth last year that at one stage I had over 100 blooms all open at once! Then it kept on growing and exploded out of its plastic pot. I couldn't find a pot at the local mega-nursery store big enough to replant it, so I had to chop the plant in half with a hack-saw (yes brutal I know) and now I have 2 huge plants (only one shown - the other is the same size), both flowering quite happily. All pics are from the same plant - a real monster!
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    That is amazing! Beautiful. Think that will fit in my suitcase when I visit Queensland next month? hehehehehe WOW!

    Cheers,
    BD

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    It;s a beauty !
    Cin

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    Gorgeous, and my favourite colour too! Judi

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    Beautiful ! It might be C. skinneri a species Catt. or a cross of it . Type in skinneri in a search then click on images I looked but seems there are diffrent colors and forms of it , did not look at all the pages . Gin

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    very pretty

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    Hey! I know this guy, it's definitely C. bowringiana because C. skinneri has lip that shapes like a trumpet while this guy has a more open lip. Whatever it is, it's a big beauty!

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    So, how does it smell?

    Well...Julie finally did it, and through her psychic superpowers (like the ones I sent when she started in with her pleuro collection), my will power was weakened, and I finally picked up my own Catts. Be damned if I knew what they were...but Noids are good to learn on.

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    Ahhh...dear Minister...welcome to the dark side! Mwaaahaaaahaaaa!

    Did you get them at our favorite neighborhood greenhouse?

    McEnabler

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    beautiful!

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