Project 2016: Cattleya walkeriana

[Leafmite]

Yours looks really happy on the mount.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Mine are all potted and they need watering every day. I am not keeping up with my watering so my new thing is I am trying to see if I can drowned them. Hehehe. I water them and leave water in the saucers so I can wait a day before watering again. I am still behind and I have not drowned a catt yet.

[wintergirl]

Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer

On my wood mount, the roots get sprayed daily. There is no sphagnum moss on the mount, so the roots just absorb the daily spray. That seems to be enough water so far.

That is what I do with my mounted one. I am going to mount the potted one right on the same mount as my other one, there is enough room.

Adding pictures. You can see the dry roots on the left (formally potted) clipped those off and mounted on second picture.

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[twinofmunin]

Mine is so unhappy in its pot since I had to bring it inside for the winter... probably going to throw it on a mount soon. Poor guy.

[Leafmite]

Wintergirl, that looks very nice!

Good luck with mounting your orchid, twinofmunin. Mine seem to do best in the vanda baskets and large chunks of red lava rock.

I just bought yet another C. Mini Purple. Every time I see a walkeriana primary hybrid, I am tempted.

[Optimist]

Hi, an update on my Walkeriana, X Walkeriana semi-alba.

It was outside under a shade cloth all spring/summer/early fall. It is now inside near a large window facing east.

The leaves are crisp and thick, the roots look good, and many are white. It is still in the little plastic pot it came in.

One of the large leaves is new. I water once a week or less.

a photo:

[Leafmite]

Looks good!

[Optimist]

I still can't get rid of those hard water stains on the smaller leaves.

[estación seca]

Your plant is so beautiful I didn't notice the water spots until you mentioned it.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Looks very good.