I haven't e-mailed him on that very special plant yet. It is still freezing every night.

The coerula just arrived from Andy's! It is mounted beautifully and the roots and rest look very healthy. Kudos to Andy's Orchids!

Wow, nice looking!!! Now I want a coerulea from Andy's :(

Just curious, I got a mounted miltonia from Andy's last year, and looking at your cute little Catt., I just wonder how you deal when the plant has over whelmed the mount it's on. I'm sure you can't pry it off and mount it on something bigger, and I can see it being difficult to add something to the mount to make it bigger.

Hello all. I went with walkeriana v. coerula as well; I purchased my plant on ebay. I think I might need a more robust pot than what I'd initially thought.

Can't wait to see that one bloom!

Very nice! I saw that plant on EBay and was very tempted!

My walkeriana! Gifted to me by my boss (I work on an orchid nursery) received about last August. Grown in a ceramic orchid pot with gravel for media in high sun. The pseudobulbs always stay plump and the plant should hopefully flower this year! :lol:

Nice ones!

We're back home now. My new C. Walkeriana is on it's way.

This is C. Walkeriana semi-alba 'Carmela' WCL that I bought at Lowe's in September 2015. She has flowered for me and growing three new p.bulbs.

I potted her in a net pot with peanuts in the bottom. The media is a mixture of chunky bark, charcoal and pearlite. She's in a south window with bright indirect light.

I noticed that her new p-bulbs were wrinkly all the time, so I put a saucer with a quarter inch of water under the pot. I wait for the the saucer and media to dry out before watering again.

Carmela is my first Catt. and now I wonder why I didn't grow them earlier...:)

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ture12085.jpeg

Your plant looks great. Catts are nice, soon you will have a bunch :)

It is amazing that such a nice walkeriana can be found at Lowes! I am excited about mine!

Thank you for your kind words. Have to confess... Last month I went back to Lowe's and bought two more Catt seedlings. :blushing:

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It's neat that a box store would have orchids with name tags and so healthy too.

Looking forward to watching yours grow!

You guy's are so lucky to be able to find nice orchids like this at Lowes.

Okay, I pulled the trigger. Coincidently I had just put in an order to Hausermann's this morning so I called and added the walkeriana. They have the alba. I spoke to them on the phone and they recommended the 3.5" as blooming size so it was $25 plus shipping. She said "I haven't seen any blooms yet but it's plenty big enough." We'll see!

Here is the link:
Orchids By Hausermann: Cattleya walkeriana (Compact Grower)

I repotted my little bag baby into a 2" ceramic pot with leca as media:

Subrosa, that is a really nice one! Looks great!

Lady Meera, I love Hausermann's! I cannot wait to see what they send you. I have had to call them before and add to my order...a few times. :)

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I agree. Don't give up hope. Maybe someday yours will have them, too.

No pics right now, but all 3 of mine have new shoots and/or roots growing.

I still have not decided on mounting one of the potted ones, or whether to just leave them both in the pot. I need to look at possible mount wood pieces I have and decide if they would be a good fit for one of my potted ones.

Anyone here grow C. walkeriana mounted? If yes, would you recommend a mount straight on bare wood, or with a sphagnum pad tied over the roots? Many of the walkeriana mounts I've seen online are just roots growing on bare wood, which is how I am growing my (very happy) Brassavola 'Little Stars'

The mounted walkeriana I received from Andy's has a very thin type of moss (not sphagnum) under the roots and not much of it. Most of the roots are already beyond where the moss is. Hope that helps.

Your Plant looks good,Subrosa
Good Luck
And good Luck to every one ,see who has blooms to show us first.

It does help - thanks! I may have some wood at home with moss already established and growing. I'll have a look tomorrow.

I wish mine biggest one would stay closer together like yours. Mine is getting to much space between the psb. Why is this?

Baker's culture in Orchid Wiz says with walkeriana it does not recommend the moss and a fairly course grooved bark works well. It says it may not become established if moss is used as it holds too much moisture.

That's just how walkeriana grows. The coeruleas have really tight spacing, and the normal form sprawls. Look at my 2 earlier in the thread.

So glad I can participate as it will be a great way for me to learn. is this the thread that we are using the throughout the project? I was going to order one online expecting to pay about 35.00 with shipping. I decided to check Home Depot really quick with no expectations and BAM!! Got the last one for 7 bucks!

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I just bought the same one at Home Depot. I was so happy, so everyone should check both stores as it was only 7.00

Wow! Lucky you!

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Just got my coerulea today in the mail. It's a little guy. Hope it flowers this year...

hey, fun post... probably my favorite cattleya species. and probably because it's one of the smallest and has a big flower and can grow outdoors in LA!

I finally just got one in winter 2015, a seedling from Cal orchid, an alba x semi alba (pendentive x tokyo #1) and been waiting and waiting for it to bloom... they sorta said it was pretty close to blooming size but no such luck. pic attached.

It grew one nice growth last year and that's about it. it gets fairly high light outside on my balcony (get's down to upper 30's for a spell in winter, and up to mid 90's, sometimes more in summer), and i spray water it mostly when I water down the mounts (I can overwater potted plants, so just trying to keep steady with this guy)... reading info here, i guess I'll soak water it more.

Considering what i've read here don't feel so bad it hasn't flowered for me yet, waiting 3 or 5 years would drive me nuts though!

all you people who can find it at lowe's, OMG you lucky bastar*'s! (well, maybe i should go look now)

So now you have $28.00 to spend on other orchids.

Was planning on trying to grow her outside, but considering the small size, worried about frisky squirrels or even a bird poop damaging her.

Potted with red lava rocks at the bottom and chunky bark mix on top.

My coerulea...

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ture12092.jpeg

And by the way, there's some flexibility to grow this species... as per epiphyte78's pool gallery... (also attached)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/688352...7649154617841/

And that's what I did.... I went to a nursery to get my mom and my aunt a plant for Mother's Day. Since caring for orchids is new to me, I am all excited so even though I paid 7.00 bucks for the project at Home Depot. I bought three more orchids at the nursery then of course, I need three planters, then three hangers. Lol... To make matters worse, Friday there is a big orchid show in south Miami that I am going to. I can see how people can easily accumulate so many orchids. They are so beautiful and unique.

Yazz, where did you get your C. walkeriana? Just curious. :)

Received my project plant, a coerulea... bit small yet, so we'll see how far it gets over the summer. Not sure yet how I'll pot it up... sphag in clay seems like it might be tricky for me.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...s/coerulea.jpg

Show of hands:
Who's growing under lights, who's on the windowsill with no supplemental light, who's outdoors and who's in a greenhouse?

Mine will be under lights for the time being, but may transition to the gh if it looks like it'll be happier there.

Sunroom, which is much more humid than the house. Like a greenhouse with only one glass wall and a solid roof.

Laundry room, in front of glass sliding doors on a North window with added light. I have cement floors so I can spill water freely :)

Outdoors until I can't be.