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Old 08-22-2009, 03:03 PM
Gena Gena is offline
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Default Catasetum Penang “Jumbo Sweet Heart”

Catasetum Penang “Jumbo Sweet Heart” is in flower at the moment. It is quite interesting hybrid between Catasetum Susan Fuchs (Seed Parent) and Catasetum pileatum (Pollen Parent) from 1989.
It is first time this plant produced male flowers. Here they are



To compare male flowers with hermaphrodite flowers take a look on picture below from last year


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Old 08-22-2009, 10:56 PM
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Amazing difference, Gena! All lovely. Thank you for sharing.

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Old 08-23-2009, 05:54 AM
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Wow, such a difference in the flowers. Great pics of them as well.
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Old 08-23-2009, 11:13 AM
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I remember the female flowers really knocked me out, and now I'm picking myself up again. Awesome, Gena.

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Old 08-23-2009, 11:20 AM
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Gena it looks amazing !!!! Love the color and the different from male to female flower. I just ordered some Cycnoches and will be looking forward to getting some Catasetums later on once I get the hang of things with this genera.
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Old 08-26-2009, 09:31 AM
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I almost prefer the female flowers in this cross!
Both versions are beautiful! Congrats on getting males this year!
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Old 08-26-2009, 09:43 AM
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Both male and female are stunning.
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Old 08-26-2009, 04:44 PM
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Gena it looks amazing !!!! Love the color and the different from male to female flower. I just ordered some Cycnoches and will be looking forward to getting some Catasetums later on once I get the hang of things with this genera.
Getting them from local grower?
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Old 08-28-2009, 01:22 PM
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Thank you very much guys!
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Old 10-27-2009, 04:18 PM
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Now the same plat is flowering for the second time and I think second blooming is better than the first one ……



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