Project 2016: Cattleya walkeriana

[gngrhill]

Originally Posted by gngrhill

Ebay has a few. don't know if they are anything you would be interested in, but I just ordered a C. Memorial Robert Strait. (C. walkeriana x C. wayndora ) Should be here Thursday. I'll let you all know how it is.

Got it yesterday. Looks pretty good, but it is much larger than either of my walkerianas. I wasn't expecting that.

For reference, that picture on the wall behind it is 12"x12"

[u bada]

Isn't that a beauty... lovely lovely growth on that. Yeah, it would be bigger because of the complex parent... but as I mentioned the walk's I've seen at growers recently (never really paid catts too much attention till this year) were actually quite large or at least larger than what i thought... does it have a an old spike on a previous growth?

[Orchid Whisperer]

Originally Posted by gngrhill

Got it yesterday. Looks pretty good, but it is much larger than either of my walkerianas. I wasn't expecting that.

For reference, that picture on the wall behind it is 12"x12"

The C. Wayndora parent is 18 to 24 inches tall, so the size should reflect this. Expect a mature plant in the 12 to 18 inch tall range.

[gngrhill]

I don't see an old spike, but it has a nice new growth that I don't think shows in the picture. It seems like it must be close to blooming size.

[krienschmidt]

Hi, I hope I'm OK to post here, I was unaware of this Project 2016, how nice. I have a C. Walkeriana I got in June. I will not mention the greenhouse I got it from but I can't believe they sent me this poor little thing. She seems to be recovering well but is not very big. Her largest leaves and pseudobulbs combined are about 6inches, and her pseudobulbs are nice round chubby ones. I am hoping for a bloom this fall or winter but who knows how long it will take her to feel healthy. Will report if I get any exciting developments! Thanks for the tip on Project 2016.

[Leafmite]

Welcome aboard! Great to have you join the plant project! These are tough little orchids so I think you have a great chance of pulling it through. I bought a bag baby at Lowes that was in terrible shape, with a tiny extra, and both are doing quite well...new growth and roots. Good luck!!!

[Fernando]

Last week I got my first two walkerianas. One is walkeriana tipo, the other actually is a cross between C. walkeriana 'Pendentive' (which is xdolosa) and C. nobilior semialba. The plant s look great - until I repotted them into clay pots. While walkeriana had a few living roots, and tons of old rotten roots, the nobilior cross only had rotten roots. They live on my balcony, with some shaded sun and happily there is the first root showing on nobilior. I don't water them until I'm sure to prevent any further rot.
As both plants have healthy pseudos and leaves, I hope they will thrive again soon.
I'll update with photos!

[gngrhill]

both of the walkers I got had few to no viable roots. They do seem to be very hardy and quick growing plants. Both now have several small new roots and each has a new growth.

[catherinecarney]

Good to know your new walkerianas are growing roots!

Mine has also proven tough and fast growing. One nice new growth since I got it, and it's already starting another one. Roots are pretty short (looks like the tips browned and they stopped growing), but the p-bulbs are plump and the plant looks like a happy camper.

Catherine

[krienschmidt]

My walker also had 95% rotten dead roots - all of them down in the pot. The only live roots were about 2 long thin beat up ones that were growing out side the potting mix around the top of the pot. I put it in bark in a plastic pot so I could keep an eye on root development. I'm wondering now if I should have mounted it. It seems to be bouncing back with several new roots and a new growth but I sure would love to see a bloom this fall. Just never know what to expect with your first.