Recchara

[Optimist]

So, I now have a Recchara. I wonder if anyone has experience with their care and culture. I have not been able to find much on the internet. I am figuring that they grow like big cattleyas, but I would like to know more about the light and watering requirements.

Apparently any cross between a cattleya and a Schomburgkia is a Recchara. This one is (Schomb. undulata x Blc. Bouton D'or) Rchra. Honky Tonk Woman.

[katrina]

The name is a result of a cross between C undulata x Rth. Bouton D'Or. Rth is the abbreviation for Rhyncattleanthe.

I looked it up on OW and Rth Bouton D'Or is (Ctt. Wolteriana x Rlc. Buttercup).

It's a very complex hybrid consisting of something like 15 different species in the background.

According to OW -
Recc. Honky Tonk Woman is composed of species of which 99% take high light and 38% take medium light. Grow this hybrid in bright indirect light conditions. It may be tolerant of dappled light conditions.

Recc. Honky Tonk Woman is composed of species of which 100% take warm temperatures, 69% take cool temperatures and 9% take hot temperatures. Grow this hybrid in cool to warm conditions, or 58°F to 75°F at night.

50%-60% humidity. Mature plants MUST dry out between waterings. Grow in a pot with a porous, free-draining media. Fertilize weekly, weakly (one quarter to half the normal dose). Common media: fir bark, tree-fern fiber, expanded clay, lava rock, charcoal or a combination.

Hope that helps.

[Optimist]

Actually, more than you will know! Wish I had that OW thing!

[PaphMadMan]

Recchara was a name for any cross of Brassavola x Cattleya x Schomburgkia. The name is no longer used for hybrid registration.

Schomburgkia is no longer recognized as a valid genus (split between Laelia and Myrmecophila), and Brassavola and Cattleya have been revised since Recchara was in use. This plant is officially Rechingerara (Rchg.) Honky Tonk Woman now - Rechingerara being Cattleya x Guarianthe x Laelia x Rhyncholaelia.

Other former Recchara hybrids are now under quite a few different names including Rhynchomyrmeleya, Rhyncatlaelia, Myrmecatavola, Warnerara, Fowlerara, Stormara, Knudsenara, Blc. and more.

You got the culture recommendations from OrchidWiz (best single information resource for orchids, wouldn't be without it). One small correction, Honky Tonk Woman is a cross of L. (not C.) undulata x Rth. Bouton D'Or. If you haven't seen pictures, Honky Tonk Woman is most commonly seen in orange tones, slightly ruffled petals on a glossy star-shaped flower.

[katrina]

I thought OW said L undulata was now considered C x undulata. No?

[Optimist]

All these name changes make my head spin! It was sold to me as Recchara, I looked it up as Recchara. Anyway, I would like to get Francis Fox as well at some point.

[No-Pro-mwa]

I hate to say this, but I kind of don't even try to figure out the names. I never really DID understand it quiet when I first started now they keep changing things. Just how in the you know what is a simple person going to keep up with it? Here's Shannon just setting here being confused

[pipsxlch]

I can tell you what works for me... I have Frances Fox, along with several other (to be very bad and use old fashioned terms) schombocatts and schomburgkias. Mine seem to grow and bloom pretty happily, and they're fairly common naturalized as mounts where I come from in South Florida.

Light- bright! They refuse to bloom although they will grow fine if it isn't pretty intense. Mine are getting dappled with an attempt at more sun than shade. Frankly, they bloom better with more light, up to and including full sun with the plant fried yellow. Back home you'd see them on palm trees, no shade at all.

Water- they come from areas with a monsoonal climate; dry winters (maybe once a week watering) with upping it to 2-4x/week in the early/mid spring through early/mid fall, then taper off again. Keep in mind the wet season is not overcast gloomy days; the sun is intense the first half of the day, so the plants dry out between storms. Where I am, I rarely water in the summer because of the afternoon thunderstorms. They can't abide wet feet!

If not mounted, they seem to like baskets best, with no media or big chunks of charcoal, real open stuff like that. I have a happy tibicinis in a clay pot with no media.

Optimist, my F.F. is small yet, not ready for division for awhile. I bought it fro Plantio La Orquidea, don't think they do regular mailorder. Meke Aloha sells it, they have some nice schombos. Meke Aloha Orchids
I could get a piece of my Tibiana, and have thought of trading/selling one of my (both yellow) tibicinises or another schombocatt from Plantio La Orquidea. It's an orange Mari's Song hybrid. Want a Tiger Lily!

I think, given our differing conditions, you're doing right by your Honky Tonk Woman.

[Optimist]

Originally Posted by pipsxlch

I can tell you what works for me... I have Frances Fox, along with several other (to be very bad and use old fashioned terms) schombocatts and schomburgkias. Mine seem to grow and bloom pretty happily, and they're fairly common naturalized as mounts where I come from in South Florida.

Light- bright! They refuse to bloom although they will grow fine if it isn't pretty intense. Mine are getting dappled with an attempt at more sun than shade. Frankly, they bloom better with more light, up to and including full sun with the plant fried yellow. Back home you'd see them on palm trees, no shade at all.

Water- they come from areas with a monsoonal climate; dry winters (maybe once a week watering) with upping it to 2-4x/week in the early/mid spring through early/mid fall, then taper off again. Keep in mind the wet season is not overcast gloomy days; the sun is intense the first half of the day, so the plants dry out between storms. Where I am, I rarely water in the summer because of the afternoon thunderstorms. They can't abide wet feet!

If not mounted, they seem to like baskets best, with no media or big chunks of charcoal, real open stuff like that. I have a happy tibicinis in a clay pot with no media.

The light I can do, at least until the winter. I have it in a basket, and the basket is in a ceramic pot with some lecca in it. This is mainly a stability thing. Florida and the Texas Panhandle area are quite different as far as humidity and rain fall. They are watered once a day. Some other of my orchids get more water, like twice a day. Thank you for telling me about the "fry till yellow" thing.

If you ever need to divide some of that Francis Fox, give me a buzz?