Catasetum pileatum ”Oro Verde”
 

Catasetum pileatum ”Oro Verde” is in bloom now. The flowers are huge – slightly more than 6 inches. But to tell truth I’m not really pleased with this year flowering – quality of the flowers could be better as well as their numbers (but, actually, I broke one during watering :blushing::biggrin: …..).

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I think it's gorgeous! :love:

wow! I think this is the best catasetum pileatum clone ive ever seen! Amazing! Well done Gena.

And now a question. I notice that all of your catasetum pileatums flower from the base of dormant bulbs. Is this true or is it just the picture playing trics on my eyes.

Susanne,
isdaojon,
Thank you! :)

Oh, not really. Inflorescences on Catasetums typically produced on the newest pseudobulb. Usually they emerge from up to third ring above the base of the pseudobulb. Only few species among Catasetums produce them higher up on the pseudobuls and even more rarely they appear above the middle (which is on the other hand is typical for Cycnoches).
I never seen by myself inflorescences produced from the older pseudobulbs, but I heard that very, very seldom even such miracles can occur.

wow!! That's a very very nice one... and very large too!!! over 15 cm wide? :bowing:bowing:bowing:bowing

well... it depends on the species... many species produce spikes from young PBs but many others also from older (or mature) PBs...


"Oro Verde" is a very common and well known mericlone of a plant, which in theory came from Brazil. This mericlone would normally have greener petals than in this plant (Were they greener before? What about previous spikes?). Gena, I have had some discussion with the seller of this plant and he indicated that although similar to Oro Verde, this is a different mericlone. He could not remember the name of the clone, but he promised to contact the originator of these plants and find out.

Thank you, Ramón! :)
They are huge, about 15.4 cm :biggrin:
Of cause, Ramón. Probably I explained not so well. What I meant is that PBs produced this year are normally flowering, not older PBs. But at what stage of their development they are flowering it, of cause, depends on species. Some species can flower on very young PBs, other on almost formed PBs, thirds on fully developed PBs etc. All my pileatums are flowering on almost developed PBs, but not dormant. All of them still in leaves and still growing, but at this time of the season they are growing in breadth, because top leaf is already formed for a while ago. But foliage is not dropped yet.
Great, Ramón. It is exactly this one from Röllke.

I know... and I really like it a lot... so that I would not mind having it :) Maybe I do order it from him... and with that size of flowers... wow...

but tell me, was it always that white (petals)?

Yes, they are "whitish". I would not say they are pure white, but lighter than labellum, definitely lighter. I will try to find a picture from last year for comparison.

[QUOTE=Gena;258764]Catasetum pileatum ”Oro Verde” is in bloom now. The flowers are huge – slightly more than 6 inches. But to tell truth I’m not really pleased with this year flowering – quality of the flowers could be better as well as their numbers (but, actually, I broke one during watering :blushing::biggrin: …..).

Gena that one is fantastic, is very nice with an amazing size, cool. I also thought to see a more greener coloration when I saw the thread. It looks like a variety between aureum and oro verde. Ramon has displayed another very good clone some time ago and that one is really oro verde.

Bruno, thank you! :)
I have another one with spike now .... will be interesting to compare them later.


Ramón, here is the picture from last year floowering of the same plant.

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wow... very nice... always surprised to see all the variation on these green/yellow froms of pileatum... Yours is very close to 'Oro Verde' with the difference on the petals (I like the whitish petals!)

For comparison, I have 'Oro Verde' (first pic) and another similar but darker (Pic 2)

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Yours are definitely more “green”, no doubt. They are great, Ramón! Thank you for showing!
Strange, why do I have such feeling that someone will call to Germany tomorrow? :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

LOL LOL actually I am expecting a phone call from him tomorrow (he is currently in Dresden), to confirm whether he could find me two plants during teh European Orchids Congress... ;-)

Gena, last year blooming was definetively much more outstanding and Ramon both of your plants are very nice, but I like much more the green one :bowing:bowing:bowing