Good afternoon, all!
As the title says, I was out today grabbing some supplies at Lowes and this Bllra Marfitch "Howard's Dream" was calling to me. It was huge, gorgeous, and for $12 I couldn't say no. The guy at our Lowes has "reached his wife's permission limit on orchids" and happens to love them, so he always tries to get nice ones at our store. I'm glad we moved over here, lol.
Anyway, I am still fairly new to 'chids so I am not sure whether or not this one needs the same care as other cattleya types? How much light does it need? Water? I've been researching and it says to water only when dry, which I can totally do. This guy is potted in moss, which is weird because all of my other cattleyas came in bark. The roots look different, too. I don't know much about this particular species of orchid (obviously).
I also grabbed an Lc. Fire Dance 'Patricia' because red is my favorite color and it was also lovely and healthy looking. He is going to live with my other cattleyas in the bathroom because for some reason they absolutely love it in there and are going crazy.
But this Bllra. is far too large for the bathroom window, so I was trying to figure out where to put it? The window it's currently in gets more shaded light than my bedroom, which gets full on direct light. Both windows are western facing. Does this have a preference?
Also how does it look? (Pics attached
)...and what about feeding?
Finally, does anyone have any good tips on keeping felines away from orchids? *scowl* My two practically live in both windows that are candidates for this orchid. One of them took a bite out of my Eplc. Golden Sunburst, which is why the orchids now live in the bathroom..>.<
Thanks, guys!
Got a Bllra Marfitch "Howard's Dream"...now what?
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