Cattleya lueddemanniana alba

[Jeff214]

Here is a C. lueddemanniana alba that I originally got from Gold Country Orchids. Flowers are about 6.5" across, has a pleasant lotion like fragrance.

I grow it under lights all year long. Bark, frequent watering. Second flowering this year.

I like lueddemanniana but they are rambly for a cattleya. It's hard to keep it nice and orderly.

[thefish1337]

Really nice!

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Jeff214

I like lueddemanniana but they are rambly for a cattleya. It's hard to keep it nice and orderly.

That is very nice indeed Jeff. Magnificent. Individuality is very nice! Thanks for uploading. Excellent shots.

[Jeff214]

Thanks.

This one blooms freely but the other C. lueddemannianas I grow are less cooperative! I wish they'd learn from this one haha.

[isurus79]

Really nice! Congrats! I wish my luedds would be more free blooming!

[smweaver]

It does look great. And I had no idea that C. leuddemanniana would bloom at this time of year.

[Jeff214]

Thanks!

Art Chadwick's Cattleya book mentions that C. lueddemanniana typically makes growths in the spring and in the fall and it can flower in the fall on the second growth. I guess it rests until late winter.

In my case, it flowered in April (spring growth), finished a growth in September (fall growth, no blooms), and it did not rest. It completed another growth in late Nov (winter growth?) and flowered just now.

I grow this one indoors all year long and I do not change the time the grow lights are on. I have a few lueddemannianas and they all seem to do the same thing. I guess it does its own thing without strong environmental cues.