Miniature Cattleyas - Orchid Board

Leisurely · #1 01-17-2010, 08:43 PM

1. & 2. Lc. Mari's Song 'CTM217' HCC/AOS x Blc. Love Sound 'Dogashima' AM/AOS
3. Slc Ginny Champion 'Mike'
4.& 5. Pot. Samantha Duncan 'Orange Tart'

#4 is this year's bloom and 5 is last years. This color change is occurring more frequently in my plants this winter.

Becca · #2 01-17-2010, 10:22 PM

They are all beauties! But I especially like #1 & #2!

Shirley · #3 01-17-2010, 10:22 PM

Great blooms and great photos, Jerry! Interesting colour change on the Potinara.

etex · #4 01-17-2010, 11:27 PM

Gorgeous blooms! Marked color change in the last 2!! Very interesting! Thanks for showing us!!

Bolero · #5 01-18-2010, 02:58 AM

Hey love the Mari's Song, I think I have this hybrid.

I just ordered a flask of the Samantha Duncan 'Orange Tart' today which is an amazing coincidence. I hope I can get even one plant from it that looks as good as yours.

Thanks for sharing.

trdyl · #6 01-18-2010, 09:58 AM

Lovely group.

camille1585 · #7 01-18-2010, 03:47 PM

Nice minis!!

Do you think the color change is due to the cooler temps in florida this winter? That's cool though, I didn't think that there could be so much variation in color from year to year!

Paul · #8 01-18-2010, 04:50 PM

Some very nice minicatts there, Jerry. Think they might look better though if you sent them to winter up here with me while they're in bloom.

dounoharm · #9 01-18-2010, 08:11 PM

beautiful, i love the mini catts almost as much as thier big cousins....floof is good! good growing!

Leisurely · #10 01-18-2010, 10:08 PM

Camille, I think it might be from the much cooler weather that we have had here that there was a color change. I have also noticed a lot of purple on some plants.

Paul, even though I have a lot of plants, I think I would miss each one if gone. I have a Pot. Susan Fender that I have had for a number of years. I have grown the plant from a seedling and it is filling a six inch pot but refuses to bloom. I gave a number of plants to my local society and a volunteer picked them up so I thought that I might have accidentally given it to him. I looked in the greenhouse recently for ten minutes and couldn't find it so I quit. The next day when I was in the greenhouse it just seemed to say hello. If it doesn't bloom for me on the next growth though, I think I will replace it.