Catasetum Bella Vista's Sangria 'Jamie's Purple Passion'

[Brenda Aarts]

x Ctsm denticutatum 'SVO's' AM/AOS

Bought from SVO last year. One of the successes...have a few failures as well...guess that's how we learn....

[catasetum-ian]

congrats and love the lip.
could not agree more than what you had said. i got to kill my first catasetum to learn about them. the important thing is we learn from out mistakes.

[Brenda Aarts]

Originally Posted by catasetum-ian

congrats and love the lip.
could not agree more than what you had said. i got to kill my first catasetum to learn about them. the important thing is we learn from out mistakes.

I have a tray of 6 or so that are all dried up and nothing left of them...but refuse to throw them out as yet and keep checking for signs of life. Should just cut my losses, pull the tags and re-order when possible.

[catasetum-ian]

Originally Posted by Brenda Aarts

I have a tray of 6 or so that are all dried up and nothing left of them...but refuse to throw them out as yet and keep checking for signs of life. Should just cut my losses, pull the tags and re-order when possible.

are the bulbs still green? if you do not mind, pls post a pic of them and a close up of the bulb as well. many thanks

[Brenda Aarts]

Originally Posted by catasetum-ian

are the bulbs still green? if you do not mind, pls post a pic of them and a close up of the bulb as well. many thanks

Ok, Ian, have divided into 3 categories... 1. Alive and possibly will bloom 2. not good but potential to live and 3. Dead...ish....should throw out. No sign of life.

[catasetum-ian]

Originally Posted by Brenda Aarts

Ok, Ian, have divided into 3 categories... 1. Alive and possibly will bloom 2. not good but potential to live and 3. Dead...ish....should throw out. No sign of life.

ok, totally agree.
first group...alive and most likely to bloom
the second pic, the one on the left of pic looks good

the last pic, some are too small to be seen, but here is what you could do. tear away the white membranous sheath, if you see green shriveled bulb in there, there is hope, but if you see yellow or brown, in the bin it goes.

IMHO, if you want to use sphag, it is easier if you had them in clay. good luck

[Brenda Aarts]

Ok, thanks for your help Ian....I'll do a bit of a clean up later today.

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! That's fabulous!

[isurus79]

The colors on this cross are really really outstanding! How is the scent?

[Brenda Aarts]

Originally Posted by isurus79

The colors on this cross are really really outstanding! How is the scent?

Cant smell a darned thing Steve (have a bit of a cold though) My 8 year old says it smells like peaches????. Thanks all for the nice comments.