Best and strongest scent among these

[plumania]

Where to get blooming size jenmanii and mossiae in color ??
I looked at many websites.
Everyone is selling small plants or seedlings or alba/semi albas.

[brsucculents]

I think in the advance forum, there's a custom google search of 18 orchid nurseries. It's a sticky. Did you try that?

[lepetitmartien]

Originally Posted by plumania

Heeh heeh....thanks buddy.I have some of them and will get others later (eg schilleriana). With all the scented appetizers, I wonder if anyone has space for main course.
Need more tress now to hang ever growing orchid collection! My poor mango tree has baskets hanging on every branch (some hoyas as well). Then I hung some on trees with weak branches. As usual I whine about not having place to hang and then buy more plants.

Only got 3500 entries (give 5-700 synonyms to clear out) and counting, it's HUGE.

BTW, i LOVE to tempt

(plant more mango trees I say!)

[plumania]

Yes i am still checking, no luck yet.expecting to gear back from a few.

[Leafmite]

I usually end up buying the seedlings (Hausermann's) so I'm no help. Good luck! Hope you find them!

[trdyl]

Originally Posted by plumania

Where to get blooming size jenmanii and mossiae in color ??
I looked at many websites.
Everyone is selling small plants or seedlings or alba/semi albas.

Orchids by Hausermann does have some 5" pot sized C. mossiae 'Willowbrook' clones that could very well be blooming sized. You may want to give them a call to see if any are in sheath.

[plumania]

Thanks ,trdyl.
I will, I saw this one already but have to wait till end of February. They may be able to hold one if it is avail in sheath.
I am also looking at a jenmanii . Clown Alley has one blooming size and I had nice conversation with owner who is willing to hold one for me but I never bought there before. Does anyone have experience with them?

About willowbrook, I also read somewhere that it is not as easy to grow as a regular cattleya. I do not know if that is true.
Does willowbrook smell more like luddemanniana or is it different? Asking because I already have luddemanniana.

[isurus79]

Clown Alley rocks.

[trdyl]

Originally Posted by plumania

About willowbrook, I also read somewhere that it is not as easy to grow as a regular cattleya. I do not know if that is true.
Does willowbrook smell more like luddemanniana or is it different? Asking because I already have luddemanniana.

When I had it before, I was in central Arkansas it was very easy to grow. Our summers got up to 120 and in the winter I would expose it to near freezing temperatures. It always bloomed regularly and grew well. In fact it was one of first Cattleyas that I was able to successfully grow and bloom as a teen.

As far as fragrance goes. It is different from C. lueddemanniana from what I remember. I do currently have a couple of C. mossiae cultivars and a couple of C. lueddemanniana cultivars now. I think it did smell similar to the mossiaes that I currently have.

[plumania]

Originally Posted by trdyl

When I had it before, I was in central Arkansas it was very easy to grow. Our summers got up to 120 and in the winter I would expose it to near freezing temperatures. It always bloomed regularly and grew well. In fact it was one of first Cattleyas that I was able to successfully grow and bloom as a teen.

As far as fragrance goes. It is different from C. lueddemanniana from what I remember. I do currently have a couple of C. mossiae cultivars and a couple of C. lueddemanniana cultivars now. I think it did smell similar to the mossiaes that I currently have.

Thanks . We do not get freezing temps here. This winter has also been milder than normal, so far. Wonder if lack of low temps would cause problems with blooming.

Everyone has been great with the advise and I feel more confident in making a choice. It has been a very educational conversation, to me.