Cattleya walkeriana frm. Coerulea -- rippled leaves?

[MJG]

Based on all of the feedback and a couple of other threads, I am going to set this orchid with its roots on top of some leca in a clay pot. I may add a little sphagnum. That way I can water daily and have the roots dry the same day. I'm hoping the daily flush of water will allow me to rehydrate without rotting the roots.

I always thought a cattleya was a cattleya. C. Walkeriana sounds like a different animal. I learn something new from this board every day.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by MJG

I always thought a cattleya was a cattleya. C. Walkeriana sounds like a different animal. I learn something new from this board every day.

C. walkeriana is, indeed, a little different. One of the weird things about it is that often (but not all the time) it will produce a growth with just a flower spike emerging from the middle of a very small leaf. Sometimes it will bloom at one point of the year from this "dedicated" growth, and then later, bloom from a "normal" growth. But if you get a strange little pseudobulb, don't panic - it's just doing its "walkeriana thing" and possibly getting ready to bloom.