Some Blooms June& July

[Cattleya17]

That phal diamond champagne is stunning!!!!!! I have to say I love all of them especially the tampensis alba that's a cool flower!

I had a Bellina from Normans orchids it's shape was perfect! But I killed it moved it from moss to bark at the wrong time. I do like yours a lot sometimes the roundness of the other hybrids is boring I would like to have one of each!

[nenella]

Thanks for looking & your for your kind comments.
yes I too love the tampensis but am still learning with this one - hope I don't kill it!

As for the pastel pink Campagne 2006 - I'm moving away from Hybrid phals but this one, a greeny one and a pure white are ones I will definitely keep as long as poss as I like them.

I nearly killed my bellina twice in the first few years but managed to get the roots to grow back. I have it potted in a 'weird' set up since and it's flourishing.
If it helps anyone reading this :
It's in a French 'cottage cheese' pot which has holes all around and at the bottom. Leca layer at the bottom of the pot, a layer of bits of bark, topped with sphag on the top third .. only water when I see either the roots in the leca becoming dryish (and only wet that part) or if sphag dry (crunchy) the whole pot (always by immersion) only way I have found to keep those roots healthy and always growing. It also likes a humid environment.