My mini catt (secret love "Angel") in bud!!!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Vanda lover

I have trouble being patient with Catts. So many times I have had sheaths that never did anything. I'm having better luck these days, but they do require more patience than many other orchids.

I know what you mean. I have one BLC (well, I don't really follow the new name change lol ) that I bought in bloom last summer. It made four new smaller leads without bloom. I thought about dumping it many times, but I'm almost shocked that I still have it. My paphs, phals, oncidiums all bloom nicely almost like clock. no bloom means valuable space wasted for me. Maybe I'll dump it when I'm done posting this one.

I have one LC that has a large (or otherwise promising?) sheath but not doing anything for months now. hmmmm
That plant is now growing another new lead. I'm hoping and guessing that these two latest leads will eventually bloom together during the winter time. I think I can wait for that to happen.

This little guy though, stayed in bloom for a long time for catts (nearly 3 months), as soon as this new lead grew to be as large as the previous one, there was a small sheath, which at first disappointed me for the size, but then it turns out that's normal for this plant. I now see three little buds poking out that little sheath.

The funny thing is the other lead with two new leaves is overall quite small and has no sheath. I wonder why. Somehow the plant decided to focus its energy on one of the two new leads, or something is not right...

When I bought it, it had two seperate bloom spikes. Two flowers on each.

Well, I'm still very excited about the second bloom as I have always felt like I'm a loser when it comes to cattleyas, or angry and thought about throwing them away all together!

[Vanda lover]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I know what you mean. I have one BLC (well, I don't really follow the new name change lol ) that I bought in bloom last summer. It made four new smaller leads without bloom. I thought about dumping it many times, but I'm almost shocked that I still have it. My paphs, phals, oncidiums all bloom nicely almost like clock. no bloom means valuable space wasted for me. Maybe I'll dump it when I'm done posting this one.

I have one LC that has a large (or otherwise promising?) sheath but not doing anything for months now. hmmmm
That plant is now growing another new lead. I'm hoping and guessing that these two latest leads will eventually bloom together during the winter time. I think I can wait for that to happen.

This little guy though, stayed in bloom for a long time for catts (nearly 3 months), as soon as this new lead grew to be as large as the previous one, there was a small sheath, which at first disappointed me for the size, but then it turns out that's normal for this plant. I now see three little buds poking out that little sheath.

The funny thing is the other lead with two new leaves is overall quite small and has no sheath. I wonder why. Somehow the plant decided to focus its energy on one of the two new leads, or something is not right...

When I bought it, it had two seperate bloom spikes. Two flowers on each.

Well, I'm still very excited about the second bloom as I have always felt like I'm a loser when it comes to cattleyas, or angry and thought about throwing them away all together!

I would have a hard time throwing an orchid out because it's not blooming. I know what you mean about valuable space though! I'm a windowsill gardener in a house that isn't very big. I would experiment with changing the amount of light it gets and perhaps a drop in temperature. I have a few that I fought with for a few years before I finally got bloom. I'm still waiting for the 7 year old phrag that I got as a seedling.