Cattleya Jungle Eyes

[Callanthe]

Hi everyone!
I got Cattleya Jungle Eyes with new bulb but it didn't give me a flowers.
I have to wait for another one. Have you got any tips for me how to care to finally bloom?

[astrid]

I don't know how to get that to bloom for you, but I can only say one thing:
ROOTS!!

Those are impressive. Maybe it just needs a little more time to settle in? The purple spots on the leaf seem to show it's getting enough light, but otherwise I don't know. Does it need more humidity or warmer temps? Are you "spoiling" it too much with constant temperatures and perfect watering?

[silken]

Yours looks like it is getting enough sun. I would be tempted to re-pot that just to drop those roots into the media but leave the rhizome just on top. When new growth starts, you could try using some bloom booster fertilizer for a while. It will have the middle number (phosphorous) somewhat higher than the others.

[Callanthe]

I got it in February and all roots which you can see are mine.
I googled some pics of Jungle Eyes and I saw that some of them have spots on leaves too. It's spotted cattleya so the spots can be on leaves too. I don't think that it could have too much sun because it stands on south windowsill but from February to April there is no much light.
I give it biohumus. I don't know how humidity but I think it's not bad.
So when the new growth will start, should I give it fertilizer with more P than N and K?
I have got fertilizer Planton K which has NPK 16+11+24. It will be good?

[silken]

I find a number of my orchids and spotted ones as well have purple pigment in the leaves. It often shows it is getting enough sun, but not too much to burn the leaves. I don't know your fertilizer but I am sure it is fine. But as a new growth is blooming I would get one called a bloom booster with the middle number higher. Some say it doesn't matter, others say it helps get a bloom. The stuff you have now is not bloom booster.

[Leafmite]

It has some C. aclandiae in its breeding so the spotting is very normal. The wikipedia link about the C. aclandiae even mentions this.

Cattleya aclandiae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Saadia]

Hello Pati! You've got a very nice Lc. Jungle Eyes. I agree with those advising you just to give it some time to settle in.
Also, I think you'd better not to repot it to avoid additional stress which again might prevent from blooming.

I used to have Lc. Jungle Eyes in my collection for several years and sold it recently.
From my experience, it bloomed with every spring-summer growth. In winter, usually it rested. Otherwise, if it gave a growth in winter, it was usually empty.

Here's a photo of what it looked like.
I used to grow it on the window sill of the south-east window without any shadowing.
I used to let it dry completely before watering. And ... I always forgot to feed it Just as an idea, maybe you're overfeeding yours?

[Callanthe]

Hi Natalia!
Thank you for your post. I think overfeed isn't possible because I didn't add fertilizer so often before.
Can you tell me, in what month did the new growth start to grow? I mean spring/summer month

You had gorgeous plant! Why did you sell it?

[RJSquirrel]

I dont think yours is mature enough yet to bloom and to add the Lc Jungle Eyes arent the easiest compact catt to get a bloom out of. they need a very hot brightly light summer with lots of humidity to get a good flower.

[No-Pro-mwa]

T'is a lovely bloom.