Blc. Chia Lin 'New City' AM/AOS youngster

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by silken

Well, it is now residing on a toasty warm heat mat in a warmer little environment so hopefully it will reward me sooner with blooms now. Have fun getting the new one!

Treat it nicely and you will be rewarded
I'm omw out the door now to go get it.....you will be seeing fotos soon

[silken]

Very nice! I love the ruffled edges on the petals. Oh well, at least my plant is alive and on a heat mat so maybe it will eventually bloom!

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by silken

Very nice! I love the ruffled edges on the petals. Oh well, at least my plant is alive and on a heat mat so maybe it will eventually bloom!

I believe it will

[james mickelso]

If you feed it every day or even every watering Like I do, make sure you flush the media well every 4th watering. The salts build up in the media and you will quickly stunt the growth. Also the plant doesn't know when to lower it's nitrogen intake and increase it's intake of potassium and phosphorus. You must do that. Once I learned that, my chia lin new city took off blooming.

[silken]

Originally Posted by james mickelso

If you feed it every day or even every watering Like I do, make sure you flush the media well every 4th watering. The salts build up in the media and you will quickly stunt the growth. Also the plant doesn't know when to lower it's nitrogen intake and increase it's intake of potassium and phosphorus. You must do that. Once I learned that, my chia lin new city took off blooming.

I do these things, but maybe the heat mat this winter will help. It was on the shelves in the greenhouse without heat mat last winter and didn't do a lot thru the cool months. It does have very good roots and I re-potted it this past summer.

[CR7cristiano]

You will be fine Silken...I'm sure.

For cattleyas I definitely don't fertilize everyday. I do probably twice a week full strength. No matter what orchid, you should always soak them with water and follow up with fertilizing. This increases absorbtion and also prevents any kind of salt build-up. Unlike the Vanda which I can fertilize every day bc its a havy feeder, the Cattleyas really only feed heaviest when you see active growth.

[tucker85]

My eyes always seem to be drawn to the big red cattleyas. I don't know why they always attract my attention. Your's is beautiful.