Catasetum pileatum fma. alba

[kavanaru]

I received this plant as a little bulb few years ago. This is the first time it blooms... I am not very happy with this blooming: flowers too small (less than 8 cm wide) and too cupped for pileatum... However, I hope it improves in the future...

[Bruno De Toni]

Ramon don't be dissapointed, the flowers look great even though they are a little bit small. I am sure it will improve once the plant is established.

[LauraN]

Beautiful, pristine flowers. I am sure that the flowering will improve with age!

[isurus79]

Ya, I agree, this one should be very nice in future bloomings!

[tuvoc]

Not a bad first blooming at all, Ramon.

Kim

[Gena]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

This is the first time it blooms... I am not very happy with this blooming: flowers too small (less than 8 cm wide) and too cupped for pileatum... However, I hope it improves in the future...

I would be happy with that one, Ramón! Already now!
But you know by yourself that first time flowering very often is not reaching full capacity. But I have to say, I like it as it is. Ramón, is it this plant from Venezuela?

[kavanaru]

hehe, Thanks @ all!

I did not say I don't like the plant The flowers are pretty nice and at least white and pileatum LOL however, this first blooming... well, it's a first time blooming

Gena, yes, this plant is from Venezuela from teh same vendor we discussed before.

[smweaver]

Looks very nice to me, Ramon. Even though you're not entirely happy with the shape and size of the blooms, do they still have the typical scent for this species? I have a NOID catasetum that I got maybe five or six years ago. It had no tag, but the plant looks a lot like yours (I know that many catasetum species look similar when they're not in bloom). I hope mine is a pileatum, and I might be able to confirm that very soon as I just noticed a spike a few days ago that's a few centimeters long. Congratulations on your flowers. I think they look great.

Steve