Cattlianthe 'Gold Digger' - Orchid Board

Dusty Ol' Man · #1 06-10-2022, 07:37 PM

This plant came to me a year ago April and has been in s/h ever since. Growing like the proverbial weed! Seven new pseudobulbs since last year and, I just noticed, two new ones! It resides in the grow tent with temps swinging between mid 60s and low 80s F. The most recent growths are about 12 inches tall with large sheaths. It gets water twice a week. Once fresh and once with about 100ppmN K-lite. Kelpak once a month. Is there something missing for this beauty to bloom? Impatience is making me anxious.

Roberta · #2 06-10-2022, 09:52 PM

Ctt. Gold Digger (no quotes, that is the name of the grex not cultivar) has the potential to be a serious beast! I recall seeing one in a show that was about 4 feet across and had DOZENS of flowers. So it's a baby, you have a lot to look forward to... Enjoy!

Dusty Ol' Man · #3 06-10-2022, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Roberta

Ctt. Gold Digger (no quotes, that is the name of the grex not cultivar) has the potential to be a serious beast! I recall seeing one in a show that was about 4 feet across and had DOZENS of flowers. So it's a baby, you have a lot to look forward to... Enjoy!

Oh, joy! I'm moving in two months or it would be outside soaking up the heat and humidity. Decided to keep it in the tent to minimize the climate difference. This is a division of a mature plant. I got it with 4 or five pbs. I thought it would be producing flowers by now. Ok. Thanks Roberta. We wait.

Roberta · #4 06-10-2022, 10:07 PM

You have sheaths... a very good sign.

Dusty Ol' Man · #5 06-10-2022, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Roberta

You have sheaths... a very good sign.

SouthPark · #6 06-10-2022, 10:22 PM

Doing excellently DOM!

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Dusty Ol' Man · #7 06-10-2022, 10:23 PM

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Doing excellently DOM!

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SouthPark · #8 06-10-2022, 10:30 PM

DOM hahaha !!! Very glad that you like that one! hehe

Dusty Ol' Man · #9 01-25-2023, 07:30 PM

Last September I became concerned with this plant being so tight in the pot that I went ahead and divided it. I spent over an hour carefully untangling the roots after cutting the rhizome. I ended up with three divisions due to accidentally breaking the rhizome 😐. I gave one to a friend and put the other two back in the tent. Soon after that I acquired a new light source. A Spider Farmer SF1000D. It vastly increased the light available and I had to rearrange the tent to lower the plants to acceptable levels of light at the tops of the plants. It was shortly after this that I learned (to my chagrin) that cattleya alliance don't like to be repotted and I may have set this plant back severely. Needless to say I was heartbroken. I had been trying to get this plant to bloom for two years without luck. So, stiffening my upper lip, I spent my energy arranging the tent to accommodate everything. Soon after I noticed the Bc Yu Toung Star was kicking out buds. YES! I posted when they opened. Then, not too long after that, I noticed a shadow inside one of the dry sheaths on the Gold Digger! It was too much to hope for so I just waited. Now, 4 months after a division and repot, I'm experiencing this.

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Today they look like this.

Roberta · #10 01-25-2023, 07:36 PM

Well done! Lc (Ctt) Gold Digger is a profuse bloomer (can become a beast) - and clearly yours has found its happy spot. It just may need its own tent. If not now, soon.