October Cat. NOID - Orchid Board

D&S Mabel · #1 10-27-2007, 10:39 AM

This one blooms every 2nd week of October like clockwork. Five years in a row now. Pictures don't do it justice.

No idea what it is - no scent but really nice color. Flowers are 2-1/4" across. The plant itself looks like an Eplc. with kinda sectioned p-bulbs that have two leaves per. I say sectioned in that about 1/3 the way up each bulb there is a hortizontal line that runs around the circumference.

Wish I could say that my exceptional care and orchid knowledge (yeah, right) contributed to its florishing but mom nature takes care of that...

gmdiaz · #2 10-27-2007, 11:05 AM

It's beeeutiful!!!

I am pretty sure you have a little something to do with it's health & vigor. . .and regular blooming! WOW!

Dorothy · #3 10-27-2007, 11:49 AM

I love the coloration and the flower form!
It's a beauty!

(I'd name it My Fuschia Fantasy (unofficially, of course) - just for the heck of it

)

D&S Mabel · #4 10-27-2007, 12:24 PM

Dorthory -

That would be better then the rather ugly moniker it has been living with for those last 5 years: "Cat.(?) NOID #144" !!

Lagoon · #5 10-27-2007, 12:59 PM

Very pretty, lovely color for sure. Hats off to your mom.
What's that old saying ... The student becomes better then the teacher

Dorothy · #6 10-28-2007, 09:19 AM

Doesn't this look familiar

- Ctna. Starrlyn

D&S Mabel · #7 10-28-2007, 10:07 AM

Thanks Dorothy -

A further search on Ctna. and I found photos of the actual plants that exactly like mine. I think we have at least ID'ed it that far.

The photo of the bloom in your link looks very close too but we may never know for sure.

Pardon my orchid ignorance but I never really paid attention to Cattleytonias before - and don't really want to admit that I hadn't heard of them until now or that I did and it didn't register... where have I been??

Dorothy · #8 10-28-2007, 10:24 AM

Well at least you are that much closer than it being just a cattleya NOID

I didn't think it was an exact match but definitely in the same family.
Isn't it great that you know of a 'new' type of orchid and that you have one in your collection

It doesn't matter where you have been .. it's where you are going that counts

and if you aren't sure of that .. think of all the new things you have yet to discover!