My first ever Bag Babies

[Ordphien]

I tried to fix the title. Let's hope it shows up. Stupid thumb hit the wrong part of my screen while I was typing and it was sent.
If not.

My first ever Bag Babies!

For the first time ever.... I bought some bagged orchids.
Did I mention this is the first time I've ever seen them in my area? Ever....
At homedepot!.

I've always wanted to try growing young orchids. It seems rewarding.
Anyhow.
Initially I thought that the picture on the tag was the orchid you got. But a quick look and I realised they were vague descriptions, and they had tags inside that differed from bag to bag.
I really didn't have a lot to choose from but I decided to chance on two of them.
The tags were buried in the pot and hard to read.

I was hoping for some information on the hybrid... fragrance, size, peculiar culture needs, growth habit, light needs, longevity.
If you know that info that is...
But what I really need is.... how the heck do I care for young orchids? Seriously. This is a first for me lol.

And how long from blooming are these guys? They had two sizes available.
I got one of each.
Ok..

First up. C walkeriana semi-alba 'Carmela'...
WLC? Is that last bit part of the name, or something the growers put there?

Did I get the caps right?

This was the large one, in a 4" pot. Honestly all I saw was "alkerian" because the tag was so buried. I brought it home hoping it was walkeriana. An orchid I always love the look of here on the boards.

I was told not to open to bags by several employees. So I couldn't really check the roots. But the roots I could see were healthy, and it had two new growths.
Still haven't looked. Too excited not to share. Is this one picky on when to repot?


Next.

Lc. Schilleriana 'Paradise Blue'
Caps right?

This one is in a 2" pot. Very small. I'm worried I'll kill it.
I literally couldn't see the roots on this one. But I did spot a new growth at the store.


And finally both of them together.

Whew... that was long... sorry

[Ordphien]

Hmm... tapatalk didn't post the pictures...

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[WhiteRabbit]

Nice finds!

(I fixed the thread title for you)

[MrHappyRotter]

Those are much bigger and healthier "bag babies" than I've ever seen in my area. At the local spot here that carry them, they're usually in 2" pots, single growth (or maybe a few small ones). And most of the time they look like crap shortly after arriving.

Yours look nice, big and healthy. Probably even blooming sized.

I can't help much with the cattleya alliance plants & questions. I am also drawing a blank on what WLC stands for, but it doesn't look like it's part of the clonal name. Maybe it's for white with colored lip -- since the other plant clearly has a description about color. Perhaps there simply wasn't enough room on the walkeriana tag for anything but a coded color description?

[vjo]

I think you have a couple very nice plants there! I think you will have fun watching them grow, it will take a while but well worth the wait....Jean

[GardenTheater]

Wow, they look large and healthy. Not sure how to blooming. Enjoy!

[palm521]

in my Experience, walkerianas prefer baskets or mounted.

nice find on the walkeriana, how much did you pay for that gardentheater?

here it is ended

Cattleya Walkeriana Semi Alba "Carmela" Am AOS Over Growing A 4 inch Pot | eBay

[FSUOrchids]

Yeah the Walkeriana looks like a nice find...that's bigger than most bag babies I generally see.

[Mokeck]

Now that's good luck! I live in Miami and the box stores here stink. I just lost a semi-alba C. walkeriana, and awarded clone that came as just a slip of a thing, and here you get this? Life isn't fair sometimes. Good luck, the plant looks healthy.

[SJF]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

Hmm... tapatalk didn't post the pictures...

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great finds, check them for scale. Got some (not such great varieties with scale recently and a friend in a different state did too)