Cattleya eldorado concolor - Orchid Board

JPMC · #1 02-15-2015, 12:32 PM

I bought this as a rubra clone many years ago. This is its first bloom. Obviously, the plant was not labeled properly. I think that is a concolor variety. Regardless, it is nice, but not what I ordered from the vendor.

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naoki · #2 02-15-2015, 02:14 PM

Wow, good job growing it as usual! It isn't an easy one for me because it seems to need warm temp. When I had them in 65F night, nothing was happening and they were showing gradual decline. I lost one. Now I put them in 70F night, and started to grow. But they don't have many leaves left, so it's going to take for a while. I'm surprised how a small diff in temp can make a big difference. Once they get acclimated and establish (mines were fresh import from Brazil), they may be able to handle lower temp. A well established C. violaceae (from similar, but slightly different area from what I read) seems to be able to handle lower temp.

What kind of temperature are you using with it?

JPMC · #3 02-15-2015, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by naoki

Wow, good job growing it as usual! It isn't an easy one for me because it seems to need warm temp. When I had them in 65F night, nothing was happening and they were showing gradual decline. I lost one. Now I put them in 70F night, and started to grow. But they don't have many leaves left, so it's going to take for a while. I'm surprised how a small diff in temp can make a big difference. Once they get acclimated and establish (mines were fresh import from Brazil), they may be able to handle lower temp. A well established C. violaceae (from similar, but slightly different area from what I read) seems to be able to handle lower temp.

What kind of temperature are you using with it?

I keep the minimum night temps at 65F.