Cattleya jenmanii var. caerulea

[kinknstein]

Wow Mauro!!

[smweaver]

Those are great flowers, Mauro. Do you grow this species warm or intermediate? I thought I read somewhere that in its native habitat it is a warm-growing plant (but I could be mistaking it for another Venezuelan cattleya).

Steve

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by smweaver

Those are great flowers, Mauro. Do you grow this species warm or intermediate? I thought I read somewhere that in its native habitat it is a warm-growing plant (but I could be mistaking it for another Venezuelan cattleya).

Steve

All in all, intermediate to warm, Steve (cold winters, hot summers!)

[Raphael]

Those are both very nice. I know of quite a few people who grow this species around here.

[kinknstein]

Beautiful Mauro! Catwalker too!!

[Jerry Delaney]

Sheeeees, Mauro. It would seem that the least you could do is take a magic marker or something and once in a while put a few spots on the leaves. Or, perhaps whack one of the leaves with a watering wand. Or, could be maybe throw one on the ground and stomp on it a couple of times to mimic some of us klutzes knocking pots off of the bench. Otherwise some of us are going to wind up with SUCH a growers inferiority complex. Seriously, Mauro, as always, great plant and great photography!!

[Cookiemonster]

Originally Posted by Jerry Delaney

Sheeeees, Mauro. It would seem that the least you could do is take a magic marker or something and once in a while put a few spots on the leaves. Or, perhaps whack one of the leaves with a watering wand. Or, could be maybe throw one on the ground and stomp on it a couple of times to mimic some of us klutzes knocking pots off of the bench. Otherwise some of us are going to wind up with SUCH a growers inferiority complex. Seriously, Mauro, as always, great plant and great photography!!

HAHAHAHAHAH seriously !!!!! I think I have something more severe than inferiority complex
Mauro's beauties are a force to be reckoned with

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Jerry Delaney

Sheeeees, Mauro. It would seem that the least you could do is take a magic marker or something and once in a while put a few spots on the leaves. Or, perhaps whack one of the leaves with a watering wand. Or, could be maybe throw one on the ground and stomp on it a couple of times to mimic some of us klutzes knocking pots off of the bench. Otherwise some of us are going to wind up with SUCH a growers inferiority complex. Seriously, Mauro, as always, great plant and great photography!!

Aren't Muro's plants always so wonderful. I find myself drooling on the keyboard whenever I see them

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by Jerry Delaney

Sheeeees, Mauro. It would seem that the least you could do is take a magic marker or something and once in a while put a few spots on the leaves. Or, perhaps whack one of the leaves with a watering wand. Or, could be maybe throw one on the ground and stomp on it a couple of times to mimic some of us klutzes knocking pots off of the bench. Otherwise some of us are going to wind up with SUCH a growers inferiority complex. Seriously, Mauro, as always, great plant and great photography!!

Jerry, as everybody else I too have spots on the leaves, yellow leaves and so on.

[Bruno De Toni]

Last year I saw a big plant in the Enrique Graf nursery in Caracas and I was shocked not only by the fragance but also for its color. I bouth three small seedlings and they are doing fine now, just I have to wait a couple of years. This kind of plants here are still rare. Mauro yours is really beatyful.