Mixed bag of Cattleya...

[smweaver]

Those first three pics of your wonderful C. jenmanii and C. labiatas are fantastic. Congratulations on the great blooms.

[No-Pro-mwa]

You in no way like blues and purples hehehehehe. I now am going to have to have that one Cor what ever, I'll leave it at that as I will miss spell it. Gorgeous.

[tryingtoflower]

Wow!!! They are so beautiful. Your collection is so inspiring you give me the will to keep growing these cattleyas. Thank you so much for sharing.

[DeaC]

GLORIOUS! Can't help but notice your lighting situation as well as I need to update my own-better light is my challenge. Great to see in fall.

[katrina]

Originally Posted by weederwoman

Beautiful flowers and great growing. Do you have a greenhouse for summer and then move under lights in the cold weather? Whatever you do it works! Those purples make me drool.

Thanks, weederwoman! No, no g/h. I have various shelving areas and mount areas (some the hubby built me a few years back) w/shade cloth of different levels for the various light levels required. And some hang in trees. Basically, all over the place.

Originally Posted by diego_p

You grow them all indoors under lights?

Yep...under lights in the winter and outside during the warmer months.


Thanks for all the very kind comments everyone.

[sweetjblue]

WOW!! How did I miss these before??!!??

All are gorgeous Katrina! And grown underlights too!

My fav is C violacea. Love the blue!

Judi

[katrina]

Originally Posted by sweetjblue

! And grown underlights too!



Judi

Well, under lights about 8 months out of the year. Thanks so much for the kind words, Judi.

[WhiteRabbit]

Wow! Fabulous!

[weederwoman]

The pictures that looked to me to be a greenhouse perhaps are a patio area covered with translucent fiberglass with benches set up underneath? Mmm...that gives me ideas.

[katrina]

Originally Posted by weederwoman

The pictures that looked to me to be a greenhouse perhaps are a patio area covered with translucent fiberglass with benches set up underneath? Mmm...that gives me ideas.

Went back and looked...the 2 that were taken outside (mariae and Green Dawn) are on the largest shelving unit my husband built me back in '09. The space has evolved over the past few years...that pointy structure to the left is no longer there...now I have a large 3 sided rack build for mounts and there is a smaller shelving unit behind that large unit and a narrow bench against the house in the back...all w/one large piece of aluminet shade cloth stretched from the house out and down across the entire space. It's a good sized space...this is my main high light area...S and W exposure w/no obstructions.



I also have 4 other shelving/grow areas of various light levels set up around the prop and some plants hanging in trees. Plus, I have one quarantine area where new plants go until I'm sure they are safe to put into the "general population". Most of my outdoor spaces are set up vertically like this and because of the inherent risks of this set up...that quarantine area is hugely important.

So, anyway, like I said, this space has evolved over the years but the pic gives you an idea of how I have part of it set up. When inside...the room is all shelves and lights.

We recently redid the indoor grow space...well, we redid it in '13 (new flooring, etc) but I hated the flooring so we replaced it again this past Summer. If I ever get around to taking pics I can post those up to show the set up. It's not my "ideal" grow space...but I've tried to make the best of what I have to work with in this house. The next place will have my ideal grow space.

Thanks again for all the very kind comments, everyone. It's appreciated a great deal.