Catasetum J and R Solar

[Roberta]

Back on July 21, I showed some of my early Catasetinae, including Ctsm. J and R Solar (Ctsm Dragon's Teeth 'Sunset Valley Orchids' x fimbriataum var. morrenianum 'Sunset Valley Orchids') - with male flowers. At that time it had another spike - which has just bloomed, with female flowers. So here are both sexes of flowers, from the same plant. While ideal conditions (more light, more fertilizer) increases the odds of getting female flowers, sometimes the plant just does what it wants to do - this is the same plant, growing under the same conditions, the female spike was already developing when the male spike bloomed.