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11-26-2007, 01:16 PM
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Laelia lobata concolor
This is a selfing of the famous and awarded clone 'Geni' (known as 'Jenny' in the northern hemisphere). It doesn't have a good shape, but preserves de color.
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11-26-2007, 04:06 PM
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Very nice shape. And color. Thanks for sharing.
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11-26-2007, 04:25 PM
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Between you and Mauro, it seems like Brazil is overflowing with great laelias and catts right now!! Must be nice.
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11-26-2007, 04:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by isurus79
Between you and Mauro, it seems like Brazil is overflowing with great laelias and catts right now!! Must be nice.
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Yes Steve,
This spring is full of orchids! Not only catts and Laelias, but Bifrenarias too! And the summer is comming, with my beloved Stanhopeas flowers! |
11-26-2007, 04:35 PM
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Stanhopeas!! Ive become a stanhopea and gongora nut over the past year so Ill be waiting patiently (or impatiently!) for your stans to open!
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11-26-2007, 05:13 PM
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The Laelias we are seeing from our two friends in Brazil are totaly destroying my self controll.  I'm going to have to make a lot more room next spring. 
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11-26-2007, 05:24 PM
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I remember an old story about L. lobata where they described the habitat near the ocean. As I recall, they mentioned that it bloomed much more easily when the growth is over the edge of the pot. I noticed that this one is over the pot.....any truth to that story?
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11-26-2007, 07:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantasm
I remember an old story about L. lobata where they described the habitat near the ocean. As I recall, they mentioned that it bloomed much more easily when the growth is over the edge of the pot. I noticed that this one is over the pot.....any truth to that story?
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You are absolutely right! L lobata came from a few rocky hills in Rio de Janeiro city (Pedra da Gávea, Pão de Açúcar - Sugar Loaf, and one other I can't remember). During the days lithophytic lobata lives almost under direct sun, but at nights the temp drops a lot ("a lot" in terms of brazilian temps!) and there is fog, humidity and sea breeze. Some people put a few drops of iodine in the water and sprays lobatas, to copy the sea iodine (I never did that!). In cultivation lobatas love 'free' roots, and grow better without any media at all! |
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