Anybody growing Catt. violacea?

[kavanaru]

with the alba

keep in mind I based my comments on my observations and are therefore not the final definitive truth!! I would try to follow the origin of your clon. There some venezuelan clones and also brazilian ones (I am not sure where the brazilians come from - and I mean the ecosystem and not the country! )

C. violacea is indeed not the easiest of the cattleyas, and the albas are especially "tricky"... but they are just amazingly beautiful!!! worth a try if you have the conditions...