What is blooming size?

[Leafmite]

Ray, while I agree with you, I once ordered large cattleyas that 'would bloom in the next blooming season' and recieved tiny seedlings that were much, much smaller than the ones I recieved from Hausermann's the same week that were four to five years from blooming. While some cattleyas grow faster and bloom younger, that wasn't the case. Yes, I will never order from them again.

[Paul]

While you may indeed have been gypped, there is also the question of just what kinds of catts you ordered from each source. For example, there are catts like Laelia liliputana in which a blooming size plant is a "whopping" 1 inch tall. A seedling of any number of the large catts, in contrast, would look big by comparison.

[MattWoelfsen]

Another consideration is the Cattleya variety. I am slowly migrating from the large, standard sized Cattleya, to the smaller Rupiculous Laelia orchids that get no larger than 4-5 inches and are bloom sized. Another smaller Cattleya is the Sophronitis--these are also very small. You have one of those, Leafmite?

[Leafmite]

No, they were to be nice, large cattleyas. :| It happens. I do want a laelia liliputana, though. Those are just precious!
Yes, I do have the soph cernua and even if it isn't fragrant, it is a very nice little addition to my collection.
Matt, you might want to look for a cattleya aclandiae and a walkeriana if you don't already have them. They are smaller cattleyas and nicely fragrant. I also have the C. Snow Blind 'Kenny', the 'fake' walkeriana (as it is likely a hybrid).

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

No, they were to be nice, large cattleyas. :| It happens. I do want a laelia liliputana, though. Those are just precious!

Yes, I do have the soph cernua and even if it isn't fragrant, it is a very nice little addition to my collection.

Matt, you might want to look for a cattleya aclandiae and a walkeriana if you don't already have them. They are smaller cattleyas and nicely fragrant. I also have the C. Snow Blind 'Kenny', the 'fake' walkeriana (as it is likely a hybrid).

I don't own either of those plants BUT I come across them all the time on this board. They are on my list. Thanks for reminding me Leafmite.

[Leafmite]

That is what we are here for...enabling our fellow orchid addicts.

[Optimist]

So basically, they mean "statistically, from what I have seen, this may bloom with in a year."

Gosh, not very good advertisement.

Oh how I love inaccuracy.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by Optimist

So basically, they mean "statistically, from what I have seen, this may bloom with in a year."



Gosh, not very good advertisement.



Oh how I love inaccuracy.

Exactly Optimist!

[Optimist]

It is not a science, it is an ART!

Love it!