root and flower formation in cattleyas - Orchid Board

Burgos · #1 08-23-2009, 04:48 PM

hey, could any of you explain the way catts roots form? i mean, some do before flowering, others after and so on.

after this i´d like some advice on this:

i have a cattleya since february 2009, it has had a big bulb (a bit bigger than the last that it had had), it developed a seath a month ago but it´s still empty. now that bulb is starting the formation of roots (just one or two, i can hardly see them, they are like spots) and it has also have a new "thing" (idk how you call them it´s the new sprout but very little), which has also grew a bit this week.
do you think it´ll bloom or noT? or when the new growth developes they will both bloom at the same time?

thanks for answers!!

Louise · #2 08-23-2009, 05:06 PM

Some cattleyas make a sheath at that time of the year and will only bloom next spring : cattleya skinneri for instance...It all depends on what kind of catt you do have ;-)

Burgos · #3 08-23-2009, 05:12 PM

i know, but is there any way i can know if it´s like skinerii? by looking at the way/when the roots grow?

it´s its first growth so i have no idea. do you think it´s possible thaht it blooms its having plenty of light, a lot of direct light. oih, i forgot, it´s a bifoliate cattleya. (2 leaves)