Cattleya trianae 'Jungle Feather'

[Tindomul]

Originally Posted by JPMC

I grow it with a winter rest like most of my cattleyas. I think that this one blooms when there is an extreme winter dry rest. I can't prove this, but I will try it next year. This lack of a dry rest has been my problem with other orchids I had difficulty blooming (i.e. angraecums, phalaenopsis, etc.).

I had no idea I was supposed to give Catts a dry winter rest!
No wonder I can't get some of them to bloom. Especially the ones I make sure get lots of water.

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Originally Posted by JPMC

I know that this is not a popular clone, but I think that it is beautiful in a unique way. For me, it grows like a weed but is very difficult to flower. I've had this plant for about 10 years and this is only its second flowering.

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Gorgeous, just gorgeous!!!

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

I love this trianaei 'Jungle Feather'. I just got a division of this clone and hope to flower it next year! One thing I know from growing trianaeis (I have several including one that was awarded in 2005 called 'Pink Dragon' HCC/AOS under my care) is that they love lots of bright light when growing, often throwing 2 growths a season, and a somewhat drier conditions in winter (aka water when really dry, but not withhold water, and no fertilizer during rest). Does yours have sheaths every new growth over the last 10 years? If not, it needs more light...


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[silken]

I don't keep mine bone dry in winter but I let it stay dry a bit longer and it is in a cool greenhouse where it is 65F in the day and 55F at night in the winter. I need to keep everything dryer over winter to prevent root rot. Mine bloomed fine for me last year on two spikes with that care (one a sheath and the other no sheath) but it threw out 4 new growths last summer and none of them bloomed this spring.

I don't think all Catts need a cool winter rest. It depends on what species is in them.

[Tindomul]

Originally Posted by silken

I don't keep mine bone dry in winter but I let it stay dry a bit longer and it is in a cool greenhouse where it is 65F in the day and 55F at night in the winter. I need to keep everything dryer over winter to prevent root rot. Mine bloomed fine for me last year on two spikes with that care (one a sheath and the other no sheath) but it threw out 4 new growths last summer and none of them bloomed this spring.

I don't think all Catts need a cool winter rest. It depends on what species is in them.

THanks. I think I will try the winter rest on those that I have that refuse to bloom.

[JPMC]

Originally Posted by NeofinetiaCanada2014

I love this trianaei 'Jungle Feather'. I just got a division of this clone and hope to flower it next year! One thing I know from growing trianaeis (I have several including one that was awarded in 2005 called 'Pink Dragon' HCC/AOS under my care) is that they love lots of bright light when growing, often throwing 2 growths a season, and a somewhat drier conditions in winter (aka water when really dry, but not withhold water, and no fertilizer during rest). Does yours have sheaths every new growth over the last 10 years? If not, it needs more light...


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No, it does not get a sheath with each new growth, but the leaves get burned from all the light I already give them.

[NeofinetiaCanada2014]

Very interesting. It might be the genetics within this cultivar, that it doesn't sheath or bloom with every new growth.. Anyone have this experience with this clone?

I also think that trianaeis are more light sensitive as mine skips blooming some years even in sheathed, esp when I have lights on over it at night over winter. My three sheaths on the trianaei 'Pink Dragon' has yet to bloom and it's already mid-March!!

Also if the leaves are burnt, it is growing in too much light. Maybe shade more? Burnt leaves decrease area of photosynthesis and therefore growing nutrition for the plant. It can also stress the plant.


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[trdyl]

Gorgeous!

I would not say that it is not popular. I think it is quite popular. It took me quite a few years to get a piece, a tiny piece, that I could afford.