Lc French Night "Offenbach"

[Orquiadicto]

I bought it in bloom in september 2011 (posted pictures on this forum). Soon after flowers were gone it put out a new growth. It has been doing nothing since then until last week I discovered these two new growths. The first new growth (from 2011) has got one leaf and from de new growths, one has got 1 leaf and the other two leaves. Is there any reason for this?

[tucker85]

Although unifoliate cattleyas usually have one leaf on each pseudobulb, it's very common for them to have some pseudobulbs with two leaves.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by tucker85

Although unifoliate cattleyas usually have one leaf on each pseudobulb, it's very common for them to have some pseudobulbs with two leaves.

I have a few hybrids that do this, as well as L anceps

[Wynn Dee13]

Some hybrids might have a bifoliate Cattleya and a unifoliate Cattleya in their background and that could cause some pbulbs to have one leaf and some to have two. I have some species Cattleyas that grow an extra leaf or only one leaf sometimes. I'm not sure why they do that. As long as the growth is healthy I'm fine with it!

[Orquiadicto]

If it blooms, will it bloom either on the monofoliate growth or on the bifoliate, or doesn't that matter?

[Wynn Dee13]

It might depend on the plant but I think it can bloom on either growth. I don't know if on some hybrids the blooming growths always are one way and the growths inbetween bloomings grow a different way. I guess you will have to wait and see but I would think it's possible for it to bloom on either growth.

[Wynn Dee13]

To me your plant looks over potted. Usually with sympodial orchids like Cattleyas you want to put the oldest growth up against the rim of the pot and let it grow out across the pot. You want to pick a pot that gives about two years of room for new growth. It looks like in your pics that it is planted in the middle of the pot like you would a monopodial orchid. I think it would do better in a smaller pot. If you want to repot it wait until you see new root growth starting from the new growths. Just my .

[Orquiadicto]

It's the same pot it came in from the grower when I bought it.

[Wynn Dee13]

Well we all grow our orchids different. I was just telling you what I would do.

[WhiteRabbit]

I have a Catt. alliance intergeneric hybrid that blooms from both the unifoliate and bifoliate growths. Interestingly (to me at least) the unifoliate growths bloom from sheaths, the bifoliate groats do not develop sheaths.