Frustrated with big Cattelya's

[Island Girl]

Originally Posted by withoutid

Did you try to induce a "physical stress" to the plant? Stop watering the plant for a week or 2. Then "pumb" it with water and fertilizer. The logic behind: Cats often come from the region where there are only 2 season: the dry and rainy ones. By "water starving", you simulate physical stress during the dry season which may stimulate the bud formation within the sheath. My 2 cents

Yea, I've had that work on Phals, (don't grow many Catt types) root-growth-wise, was out of town for longer than planned, and they went w/o water for a lot longer than normal... When I got back, they all had new roots growing (including some Lowes "rescues" that didn't have many good roots). So, it would make sense that with Catts, and their wet/dry seasons, that the neglect would wake them up.