looking for Great Red Cattleya. Please Help - Orchid Board

Cattleya17 · #1 10-03-2009, 02:25 PM

Hey all how are you doing? i need a red cattleya orchid. They Can be Either floofy or hard and waxy tell me some of your favorites that you grow and also the dimensions of the plant. I hear everyone talking about a C. Chocolate Drop. what is with that plant that makes it so beloved? maybe i will love it to. also there is another one i have seen and its name is Lc. Loog Tone 'African Beauty' HCC/AOS

If anyone has grown these can you tell me about them especially the size. and also tell me of any others that you know are amazing and that you never get tired of seeing in bloom.

Please help me

Becky15349 · #2 10-03-2009, 03:06 PM

I think the greatest red floofy cattleya is Blc. Port Royal Sound 'Big Red'. I actually posted pictures of it on another site; they don't do the cattleya justice because its an absolutely spectacular big red floofy cattleya, and it smells lke cinnamon!!

Blc. Port Royal Sound 'Big Red' -

I purchased this cattleya from Orchids by Hausermann. Welcome to Orchids By Hausermann On-Line Orchid catalog.

I would call them because I don't think it is currently on their website, but they usually do have it in stock.

Get this one for sure!!

quiltergal · #3 10-03-2009, 03:15 PM

Here are a few of my favorite reds. I don't normally do "big or floofy", but I do have one.

It's hard to beat Blc. Chia Lin 'New City' AM/AOS.

On a much smaller scale there are these:

Pot. Hawaiian Prominence 'Carmela'

Ctna. Why Not

Cattleya17 · #4 10-03-2009, 05:08 PM

Wow Blc. Chia Lin 'New City' that was my first cattleya orchid! i of course killed it like a lion on the hunt LOL it was impressive! that is a must. im not a fan of the Ctna. can you tell me about the Lc. Loog Tone 'African Beauty' HCC/AOS have any of you grown it before? or even chocolate drop? how big are they?

chidlove · #5 10-03-2009, 09:15 PM

I love this Catt I picked up this year!!! It smells like spicy chocolate!!!

I was told it is a Towering Inferno [chocolate dropX]

Noid Cattleya...deep dark delicious!

Jerry Delaney · #6 10-03-2009, 11:45 PM

If you would like to see a picture of Lc Loog Tone 'African Beauty' HCC/AOS, you should be able to find it at this url;
Sunset Valley Orchids - Grower and hybridizer of quality orchids, Vista CA

Here are a couple of others you might consider. First is Blc Cherry Suisse followed by Blc Adesso Tu.

jordi · #7 10-04-2009, 04:02 PM

here you have the splendid cattleya chocolate!
Cattleya Chocolate Drop 'Volcano Queen' in bloom!

cb977 · #8 10-04-2009, 04:26 PM

Nothin' beats a C Chocolate Drop or any of it's hybrids

Cattleya17 · #9 10-04-2009, 10:06 PM

I am finding that to be true! most of the posts on this thread have suggested the chocolate drop! or any of its hybrids! can you guys give me a height??? that really is important for me to know thank you all soooo much for all these plants!

cb977 · #10 10-04-2009, 10:12 PM

My tallest one, C. Chocolate Drop 'NOK' is about 20 inches tall (when not in bloom) but others that I have are closer to 12 inches or so.