Is there a trick to getting multiple growths on a Catasetum?

[Ray]

In my opinion, the number 1 factor controlling growth habit is genetics, and there’s nothing we’re going to do about that…

Culture comes in at a close 2nd, because anything that we do to “short change” the plant can affect its ability to accumulate the resources necessary to fully express the genetically-controlled maximum performance.

Plants that have grown and bloomed nicely for years, have sometimes “jumped into a higher gear” when I - knowingly or unknowingly - changed a cultural factor.

[mopwr]

Originally Posted by JScott

I've only ever had two from one bulb.

My current Fredclarkeara After Dark 'SVO Black Pearl' has three right now, but I'm guessing that for most species, two might be a safe max, yeah. Some of these complex hybrids have such vigor that I just assumed that if grown properly four or more could even be possible, but who knows.

Originally Posted by Ray

Plants that have grown and bloomed nicely for years, have sometimes “jumped into a higher gear” when I - knowingly or unknowingly - changed a cultural factor.

Yeah, this goes more to what I've been seeing of too that more mature plants are capable of more / faster growth. It's possible that as they get to a certain point in maturity, that they can now pull a few more tricks out of the bag if you do something to push them a little harder.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by mopwr

Yeah, this goes more to what I've been seeing of too that more mature plants are capable of more / faster growth. It's possible that as they get to a certain point in maturity, that they can now pull a few more tricks out of the bag if you do something to push them a little harder.

READ THIS, as it agrees with that.