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02-21-2015, 09:46 AM
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Thanks for the wonderful comments, everyone.
Steve - maxima is one of my weaknesses too...probably why I have 5 of them.  So, elegant and they are tidy upright growers...perfect for under lights. |
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02-22-2015, 01:13 AM
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Well done Katrina!! Love the jenmanii coerulea!!
Leslie
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02-22-2015, 09:23 AM
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Thanks, Leslie! |
02-22-2015, 09:56 AM
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That's quite a collection! I'm very partial to the C. maxima though.
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All are lovely...I,too,however LOVE the cattleya maxima...BettyE |
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02-23-2015, 09:32 AM
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Thanks, Betty! |
02-23-2015, 09:37 AM
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All beauties!
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02-23-2015, 08:38 PM
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Love the maxima and autumnails! You always have such well grown Catts. You grow them in clay pots and what media..?
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02-24-2015, 09:41 AM
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Thanks, Ula and LovePhals!
The autumnalis is mounted (as are a number of my catts) or I grow them in clay w/either leca or lava. I've used a number of different types of media over the years but I find I like the leca and/or lava rock best for my mature plants. The babies...anything under 4" pots ...are in shredded redwood or sphag or a mix of the two. I found (under the drying lights) I needed a bit more moisture retention for the small ones.
The set up requires more watering in the winter than I'd prefer but I have to have them in something that drains fast due to the time they spend outside in the summer. It can sometimes rain for days on end here and in the beginning I potted in bark but those first summers were brutal and I had some serious issues w/rot. BTW - the babies in sphag sometimes have to be tucked up under the eaves during the summer when we have the never ending rains.
The rupic laelias (like the gloedeniana) are in a bonsai mix w/extra chunky bits added. And some of the smaller ones I'm growing in plastic aircones....testing it out and so far, so good. These don't get tucked under the eaves and they are fine. Some of the rupics can spend weeks sitting in water in their native habitat so I figure they can take it.
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02-24-2015, 12:58 PM
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Wonderful collection. You seem to grow these Laelias very well.
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02-24-2015, 04:53 PM
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Wonderful collection. You seem to grow these Laelias very well.
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Thank you for the kind comment. |
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