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Originally Posted by kavanaru
nice to see this thread alive again 
Indeed, this is 'Oro Verde', which is the most common Ctsm. pileatum in Europe. Please note that 'Green Gold' is a different clone, which if I recall correctly, has no yellow on the flowers. However, both names are used erroneously for each other...
I also have another plant which is similar to 'Oro Verde' but with stronger colors and fragrance and which I like better: Catasetum pileatum var. aureum (a bit darker than 'Oro Verde') on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I also have a white Ctsm. pileatum, which is considered to be the real pure Ctsm. pileatum (colors are currently accepted to be from introgression of Ctsm. macrocarpum genes), and also two different var. imperiale clones... |
I've acquired several divisions of Ctsm. pileatum from various sources: from Doug Pulley Ctsm. pileatum "albina" probably his designation for the regular white form; from Stephen Moffitt Ctsm. pileatum; pileatum v. imperiale "A" and v. imperiale "#2"; from Fred Clarke Ctsm. pileatum v. imperiale "Pierre Couret" and seedling of pileatum "Dinner Plate" x "SVO Independence". The trick is to get them to continue growing and to bloom. This past summer we had nothing but rain for almost two months, so nothing put up very substantial pseudobulbs. I find that some of my plants, even when water is withheld during dormancy, will have the lead pseudobulb spontaneously turn to mush; if the seedling is very small then, without watering, the pseudobulb will wither and die...but I love the wierd and wonderful Catasetinae and Stanhopeae. Sometimes orchid growing is like having a reluctant lover...the more you try to please them, the more they seem to reject you...but as Elvin Simrad (a well known psychiatrist/psychoanalyst in Boston) once said "falling in love is the only socially acceptable form of psychosis"
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