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04-15-2009, 03:37 PM
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I have a south window where most of my catts sizzle in the sun, so hopefully that'll be enough for it!!
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04-15-2009, 09:27 PM
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 How is everyone's digbyana doing now? I just got one yesterday, and you are SO right, it is the strangest looking cattleya I've ever seen!!! The color is all wrong for a catt, and the waxy covering?!? I thought it had a fungus! Thank goodness I read up all about it and learned that this is just how digbyanas are...but they sure are strange!! I think I need to repot it into a really coarse media; i repotted it last night but the media I chose has some sphag and it probably won't like that very much... |
Mine is doing great! The new roots are big and have taken a liking to the lava rock that the mount is leaning on but thats ok I guess. The new growths are almost done and I should have a good show in a few months! How big is yours Becky? Seedling, NBS or BS? |
04-15-2009, 11:47 PM
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I'm so jealous Steve!!! I've been waiting 3 years and nuttin'. 
Sure enjoyed your pics though!!!! |
04-16-2009, 12:07 AM
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I'm so jealous Steve!!! I've been waiting 3 years and nuttin'.
Sure enjoyed your pics though!!!! |
This one grows sloooooooooow, even for an orchid. This species is the ultimate patience tester!! |
04-16-2009, 04:31 AM
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Great job of growing Steve. I have not had much success with digbyanas. Fortunately, I see a lot of the good traits of dibyana in Rsc. Ports of Paradise which is much easier to grow. I have a couple of Ports of Paradise in bloom now so the blooming season for the parent and offspring are the same.
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04-16-2009, 03:42 PM
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Hi all, thanks for your replies! I recently got my digbyana from Fenders Flora in Venice Florida - such nice people! Anyways, the plant is large; it has about 9 pulbs and looks to have bloomed about 4 times in the past. It wasn't exactly cheap, but for a species, I had actually expected to pay more for a plant of this size. When you say they are slow growing...can you quantify this somehow? I would be okay if it will bloom only 1x per year, but is it slower than that? I also have the Ports of Paradise digbyana hybrid; its never bloomed for me yet, it drives me crazy. Maybe in the summer? It has a growth maturing now that looks very promising...
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04-16-2009, 04:50 PM
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Great job of growing Steve. I have not had much success with digbyanas. Fortunately, I see a lot of the good traits of dibyana in Rsc. Ports of Paradise which is much easier to grow. I have a couple of Ports of Paradise in bloom now so the blooming season for the parent and offspring are the same.
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Let see some pics!!  |
04-16-2009, 04:52 PM
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Hi all, thanks for your replies! I recently got my digbyana from Fenders Flora in Venice Florida - such nice people! Anyways, the plant is large; it has about 9 pulbs and looks to have bloomed about 4 times in the past. It wasn't exactly cheap, but for a species, I had actually expected to pay more for a plant of this size. When you say they are slow growing...can you quantify this somehow? I would be okay if it will bloom only 1x per year, but is it slower than that? I also have the Ports of Paradise digbyana hybrid; its never bloomed for me yet, it drives me crazy. Maybe in the summer? It has a growth maturing now that looks very promising...
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Mine blooms 1x per year. When I say slow, I mean that the plant grows over the course of a whole year. Most orchids have a growth 'season' and complete the new growth to bloom cycle in a matter of months or weeks. My digbyana takes the whole year! |
04-17-2009, 06:39 AM
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Let see some pics!! |
Here is a picture of Rsc. Ports of Paradise 'Yun Pou' that is currently in bloom in my greenhouse. The lime green flower on the left is the youngest. The flower fades to greenish yellow after 3-4 days.
Flickr Photo Download: Blc. Ports of Paradise 'Yun Pou' |
04-17-2009, 03:37 PM
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Very nice Mel! Is this one fragrant at night like its digbyana parent or has the Blc made it a day scenter? |
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