Cattleya forbesii
 

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This is it's second year of blooming with 4 spikes ( can't show all the flowers)
Hope you like

Ed

Wow, that's gorgeous. It seems to like your care!

Wonderful species. Well done.

Kim

Keep up the good work!

Really nice!

Beautiful. I love the colors in the throat on those. Good growing.

FABULOUS!!! How large is the plant, and do you have a photo of the whole plant? I have one, but I don't know how large it has to be before it blooms?

Hi. Thanks for looking will try to put pic of whole plant with sizes tomorrow.

Ed

Thanks!

Gorgeous blooms!
This one has been on my wish list for awhile, how are you growing it?
Joann

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Here is the full plant.
3 yrs old and 2nd flowering
!6" tall from top of pot.

These tend to be very straggly plants so stake all new growth to make upright growth.
All the usual conditions for cattleyas then apply.
Hope this has been of help.

Yay! This has been a tremendous help! Now I can know when to start expecting blooms on mine. Just an afterthought, if you want it to be less scraggily, you can put it into higher light, which will make the plant grow more compact. Obviously it happy as is, though.

Just a thought Cody. if you bought it at Clouds, they do say approximately how long it will take their different size seedlings etc. to bloom.

Yeah, I guess your right. And I think they slightly overestimate Tue time, so it blooms before you think its supposed to.

I am hoping they post the longer end of things as I too have a number of their seedlings! I can't imagine waiting 30 months or more for a small seedling, but time does fly by when your not orchid gazing :)