Help me pick some new mini/micro-Catts!

[JScott]

Originally Posted by Keysguy

I keep my walkeriana's in nothing but medium fir bark although I put a few large chunks of fir bark at the bottom of the pot to make sure the drain holes don't get fouled. They are under shadecloth where I water good every four days plus they get whatever rain we get which, in the summer, is a lot! They seem to like it.
Oh, and as I tell everyone, I believe the nearly constant flow of the tradewinds are critical.

Thanks for the tip! I ordered a walkeriana from Marlows just now, and since you can't order just one plant, I also ordered the hybrid between walkeriana and nobilior haha

[SouthPark]

DD - here's a link with some of that terminology!

Click Here

Another nice term they didn't mention just there is 'tepals' - which are collectively the PETALS AND SEPALS (together).

[DrDawn]

Ah, thanks SP! I had actually looked at that article when I moved my plants to this location several months ago to make sure they were getting enough light. My Catts are definitely the light-bright green color, not the darker color. Thanks for the reminder that there is good terminology info here too!

[Keysguy]

since you can't order just one

They're just like potato chips!

[JScott]

Yeah, and if you order just one, he might get lonely in his little box on the way to my house, and I don't want to traumatize him like that, so he needs a travel buddy to keep him company, so you can't just get one haha. Oh, and in my last post, I wrote incorrectly what i bought. I got a Cattleya nobilior, not walkeriana (he was sold out of walkeriana, but that's fine, I love nobilior just as much as walkeriana), and then I got the hybrid between walkeriana and nibilior, Brazilian Jewel, I think it is called. But anyway, at least they won't get lonely on their way from Marlow's to my house lol.

[Fairorchids]

Originally Posted by Keysguy

They're just like potato chips!

Once you pay shipping & handling for the first plant, the 2nd, 3rd and perhaps 4th & 5th ship more or less for free.

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On a different note, there is a wholesaler, who is offering a lot of small/tiny Cattleya hybrids to the trade. I have some, as does Diamond Orchids. I ordered mine last fall, and some of them are approaching 'large enough to sell' (= within 12-18 months of BS).

• C. Bright Spark (Tiny Rubies x cernua)
• Circle of Life x Kat E Sun
• L. anceps x C. cernua
• Lc. Jo-Ann Dean (Tiny Rubies x anceps)
• Maikai (nodosa x bowringiana)
• Nodosa x Prada Green Deluxe
• Nodosa x Rlc. Taeko Tamaki
• Rlc. Shin Shiang Diamond x B. nodosa
• Waipuna (nodosa x cernua)

[JScott]

Originally Posted by Fairorchids

Once you pay shipping & handling for the first plant, the 2nd, 3rd and perhaps 4th & 5th ship more or less for free.[COLOR="Silver"]

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That is definitely one of the reasons that I almost never order a single plant. You're definitely right about that.

[estación seca]

Originally Posted by Fairorchids

Once you pay shipping & handling for the first plant, the 2nd, 3rd and perhaps 4th & 5th ship more or less for free.

LOL, shopping addict math.

[JScott]

Originally Posted by estación seca

LOL, shopping addict math.

Is it, now? Or is it maybe just the plain and simple truth?

[Keysguy]

Jim and Jonathan are really good guys and have great plants. I do the vendor contracting for NH society and they have done our shows forever. They always keep a nice inventory and are always looking to add new and interesting things to keep it fresh.

Have fun with the newbies!