C. dowiana var aurea - Orchid Board

gixrj18 · #1 03-20-2010, 01:42 AM

This is my favorite Catt. Although the lip is a little smaller than normal, and the color has a purple tint to it, it is still beautiful. It is wonderfully fragrant in the daytime.

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Zoi2 · #2 03-20-2010, 03:10 AM

Jasen, it's wonderful

I've had it on my wish list for a couple of years but heard it was a bit difficult to grow. Is it?
Joann

gixrj18 · #3 03-20-2010, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoi2

Jasen, it's wonderful

I've had it on my wish list for a couple of years but heard it was a bit difficult to grow. Is it?
Joann

I consider a ghost orchid difficult to grow....this is just another Cattleya. It grows just like the rest of 'em. Just another "orchid myth", I assume. I have another one that I have grown from seedling, but it's not quite bloom size yet. It seems to grow pretty normal, also.

Royal · #4 03-20-2010, 11:25 AM

Good growing, Jasen.

catwalker808 · #5 03-20-2010, 01:29 PM

Jasen.
Good growing.

Are you certain that your plant is a C dowiana? My guess is that it may be a hybrid. The flower shape is entirely different from any C. dowianas I have seen.
The dowiana side lobes should be trumpet-shaped and should hood the column. Sepals & petals should be much longer and slender. And the flower & lip colors do not seem to match the rosita strain, the aurea range or anything in between.

That's just my own observation.

Zoi2 · #6 03-20-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gixrj18

I consider a ghost orchid difficult to grow....this is just another Cattleya. It grows just like the rest of 'em. Just another "orchid myth", I assume. I have another one that I have grown from seedling, but it's not quite bloom size yet. It seems to grow pretty normal, also.

Thanks for the info, if we ever get rid of this blasted snow it's going on an order!
Joann

isurus79 · #7 03-20-2010, 06:19 PM

Looks like a nice flower, but I agree with Catwalker on this one. Are you sure its not a hybrid?

kavanaru · #8 03-21-2010, 03:36 AM

nice plant, but as Catwalker and Isurus already said, this seems to be a hybrid. General shape, lobes and color patern of labellum, and spots onpetals and sepals do not really match with C. dowiana.

elmini · #9 03-21-2010, 04:21 AM

Very nice !

RosieC · #10 03-21-2010, 06:27 AM

Gorgeous whether hybrid or not. I really like the colouring.