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03-16-2022, 06:39 PM
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Rhyncholaeliocattleya Thelma Ayako Tsukamoto 'Volcano Queen'
Here is a bag baby I got maybe 4 years ago in GA. It finally bloomed!
It initially had these yellow veining but faded as it opened up. It's a shame, because it leaves this weird muddled orange fringe on the petals. It does, however, have the C. dowiana fragrance. It is absolutely wonderful... It's like orange chocolate from a fancy chocolate store... I think I will keep this one for the fragrance.
Started with the yellow veining... but
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03-16-2022, 08:09 PM
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Wow.
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03-17-2022, 02:55 AM
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That's a very nice color, well done!
What is a bag baby? I have seen that term regularily over the years, but have no clue what it is....
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03-17-2022, 08:11 PM
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That's a very nice color, well done!
What is a bag baby? I have seen that term regularily over the years, but have no clue what it is....
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Sorry about that - as others have mentioned, BetterGro company sells small seedlings in small baggies, of various genera, some mericlones of famous plants, at local hardware stores in the southeastern US. It was reasonably priced (I think it was 7$ for 2" seedlings and 20$ USD for 4" pots ?) and I got started on my orchid journey that way.
I haven't seen them in Southern California... I miss them!
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This was the flowering of January
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Interesting, I don't really see the orange stripes. Yours looks closer to the photos online, including the one on the Akatsuka website.
What is wrong with mine? haha |
03-17-2022, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff214
Sorry about that - as others have mentioned, BetterGro company sells small seedlings in small baggies, of various genera, some mericlones of famous plants, at local hardware stores in the southeastern US. It was reasonably priced (I think it was 7$ for 2" seedlings and 20$ USD for 4" pots ?) and I got started on my orchid journey that way.
I haven't seen them in Southern California... I miss them!
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Interesting, I don't really see the orange stripes. Yours looks closer to the photos online, including the one on the Akatsuka website.
What is wrong with mine? haha
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If you refer to the lightest stripes of the petals it may be normal in the first flowering, it has happened to me with other cattleyas, enjoy it now and you will see the second time it blooms. |
03-17-2022, 08:42 PM
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If you refer to the lightest stripes of the petals it may be normal in the first flowering, it has happened to me with other cattleyas, enjoy it now and you will see the second time it blooms.
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I mean I've seen the striping before on my other Cattleyas, but this is a mericlone. I didn't expect that much variation in the coloration and patterning between clones. Maybe it is an artifact of the first blooming, as you say, or maybe growing conditions can affect the blooms more than I had expected.
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03-17-2022, 03:23 AM
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An orchid vendor in the US sells small potted plants in plastic mesh bags. I can't recall the name because they don't sell in Arizona.
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03-17-2022, 07:33 AM
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An orchid vendor in the US sells small potted plants in plastic mesh bags. I can't recall the name because they don't sell in Arizona.
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Sun Bulb Company out of Arcadia FL, sold under the “Better-Gro” trade name. They sell fertilizer and potting mix as well, and landed big contracts with Lowes and Home Depot.
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03-17-2022, 04:02 AM
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Most excellent colour and shape! That bag baby is now a beautiful big baby!
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03-17-2022, 10:51 AM
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Beauty!
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