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12-08-2013, 04:09 PM
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My Blc Taiwan Ruby is blooming!
This is the my first Cattleya bloom. I am so excited! For you experts out there, I was wondering if I need to cut down or increase watering/fertizer? Anything that I can do to keep the bloom longer. As far as I have read from you all, that Cattleya's bloom time is rather short. Thanks.
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12-08-2013, 04:49 PM
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Great job!
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12-08-2013, 05:39 PM
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Water as you normally would.
I don't watering affects the life span of flowers, unless of course you dry it out for a long time, then the flowers will wilt and die before its due time. lol
Cattleyas normally last for a few weeks, barely over a month if you are lucky, but not likely.
Big, colorful, fragrant flowers with a fatal weak point I guess.
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12-08-2013, 05:55 PM
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Congratulations, they're beautiful |
12-08-2013, 06:35 PM
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Lovely!  |
12-08-2013, 06:56 PM
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Very pretty, congrats!
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12-08-2013, 07:30 PM
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Beautiful and so exiting to get a first bloom. Yes I guess it is a draw back that they don't' last very long but in my opinion they make up for it in beauty.
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12-08-2013, 07:37 PM
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The blooms will last longer if temperatures are on the cooler side rather than the warmer side. My home temps are around 64'F in the winter and the blooms last a long time. |
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12-08-2013, 11:57 PM
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Gorgeous! I would agree, just keep watering it as you normally do.
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