NEW CHIDS, and please ID one!!! - Orchid Board

Gage · #1 12-09-2011, 08:46 PM

So I drove down to my local, VERY exclusive orchid grower. It's by appointment only. Ok just kidding I went to Lowe's.

Haha! Anyhow, I picked up these 2. Cattleytonia Why Not (did this get reclassified?...yawn) has been on my wish list for some time, and this one was missing a tag but looks just like it to me! I know I have seen some other Catt hybrids that look similar to Why Not, but not quite it. Can anyone confirm if this is Ctna Why Not? The second one I got half off for being flowerless and a bit dried out. It is Vasco. (Ascda. Fuchs Gold x Vasco. Shigenori Yamanaka). I remember seeing it in bloom some time ago, small orange Ascda type blooms. When I got it, they had it in a bigger wooden basket with it's roots coiled up. I took it out of the wooden basket because I think it is unnecessary and bulky. It's nice for presentation in the store, and now I have a basket for another orchid! So for $15 I got a Vasco and a basket! I cleaned out some dried roots and 1 dead leaf, but I think it will bounce back quickly. Thanks for looking!

King_of_orchid_growing:) · #2 12-09-2011, 08:50 PM

It is Cattleytonia Why Not. They're super easy to grow and bloom. Had them once.

msaar · #3 12-09-2011, 09:03 PM

Yup. New name is Guaritonia Why Not.

Gage · #4 12-09-2011, 09:13 PM

Thanks, King and msaar!

Merlyn · #5 12-09-2011, 10:52 PM

Nice healthy looking Vasco !

Bud · #6 12-09-2011, 11:26 PM

Nice flowers...and looking at the picture: you have three vandacious plants in a basket? You got lucky

Gage · #7 12-10-2011, 01:39 AM

Thanks, Bud. It's two plants, mamma and keiki. If you saw it up close you'd see all of the leaves are a bit shrively. But I think it will pop back with good watering.