Project 2015 Summer: Lc. Miss Wonderful
 

Here is my order from SVO today:
Lc. Miss Wonderful 'Billy B.' AM/AOS x (Lc. Tokyo Magic x Slc. Dream Cloud) 'Heart of Gold' is on the far right. It looks like a sheath is starting on the newest large growth.

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Lc. Miss Wonderful, Orchid Project, Summer 2015
 

Hi Everyone! As you may have seen, the orchid project for us cattleya lovers has taken off. In this thread we will see the progress from shipment to sheath :) (I am ever hopeful I will get blooms). Go ahead... Post away! I await your updates :)

@Camille, could we make this a sticky thread? Thanks!

I've added the sticky for you. I've also copied in one post from Wintergirl showing plants.

Have fun :biggrin:

Thank you Rosie!!!

Could you post a close up of the Miss Wonderful cross? Just curious of the form it is growing in. For some reason I wasn't able to get the picture very large to see your beautiful plants.

My order came in Yesterday, but I had a dinner party to attend so here they are today! I only ordered 3 plants, but he gave me an extra Miss Wonderful since I'm an AOS member.

Both of them have the same L. anceps, so it should be interesting to see how the siblings compare to each other. One had a sheath that is dry, so I'm not sure if it will flower or not. The other one has new growth, but no sheath :dunno: guess we will see.

The other 2 I got are:

L. tenebrosa v. aurea 'SVO' x. L. tenebrosa v. alba 'Thonhauser's Treasure'

C. trinae 'Cashens' x. self

Those look really nice! And... Your scaring me a wee bit. Are these as huge as the pictures make them look?

Those bulbs though! They look so succulent!

Lc. Miss Wonderful 'Billy B.' AM/AOS x (Lc. Tokyo Magic x Slc. Dream Cloud) 'Heart of Gold'

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The pseudobulbs are a little wrinkled, the new growth is really big. The sheath inside looks a little dry, hope all is well.

Bulbofett, A dinner party and an extra plant, nice :)

I got a email saying mine wouldn't be here till Wednesday and will be shipped out Monday and I even ordered them Thursday.. It said 2 day delivery but its really going to be a week. Crazy I just hope because of the 4th of July they don't sit in a mail room some where in the heat we have been having here. It was 98 the other day.

I think you will be fine. They probably waited until Monday so it didn't sit on the weekend. They use FedEx, it was really fast.

Yes... I'm sure they will get to your house long before Friday rolls around.

I was under the impression that these were gunna be compact... I may regret ordering three lol. I hope my eyes are deceiving me. I never was a good judge of size from pictures

Mine also should be here Wed. I have two different Miss Wonderfuls and added a Sarco and a Den. Australian Artist. Can't wait. The pictures you guys have posted so far look like the plants are much bigger than I expected. :)

These definitely don't look like compact growers, you are right. I have several compact growers and this "seedling" dwarfs them lol. I hope this is the biggest they get though.

I hope so also. I wasn't planning on having a monster of a plant lol. But, if the flowers make up for the size I'll keep all three :) I think it would be amazing if I could get one awarded and give it a clonal name of my mother's 'violet'

Well I repotted my Miss Wonderful. The media was in good shape but I just have to do it ;) The roots were very tight in that little pot and I had to use tweezers to get some of the media out. There is a clump of spag moss near base of plant, it was in good shape too. I repotted in chunky bark in a clear plastic pot with a lot of air holes. I put some marbles in the bottom to help with stability.

On a side note I bought a bag of Miracle Grow that was FULL of bugs. I will never use them again. This is the first time this has happened but I don't care, never again. Luckily my husband accidentally brought home a bag of Better-Gro special orchid mix and I used that for the first time. Some of the chips are pretty big, but nice and bug-free. I added some ground-up egg shells to top. Some pics of during and after:

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Looks like a very happy repot. Fred said that he just repotted them so your observations seem to reinforce that.

You mentioned better grow... Their orchid mix is the only mix I use. The miracle grow seems to be a glorified peat mixture which is a death wish. I have had very good luck with better grow, and their Moss is very good also. I might try repotme.com, but they seem to be a little spendy for what I'm doing now. Just my :twocents:.

Just so I don't lose my marbles when I unbox these, how large are they? Height wise? And did anyone get a spike at all in their hauls?

Ok finally, I got mine ordered. I was trying so hard not to get to many. I am having a hard time taking care of what I have now. so I only ordered 7 :rofl: wanted a paph really bad and didn't do it. Here's my list.

Lc.Miss Wonderful w/L.anceps Rustic Royalty
Pot. Toshie's Charm
Slc.Wasp Next 'Red Red'
Lc. Sergio Araujo (L. alaorii x C. trianae
Gur. aurantiaca 'Mishima Spots x Mishima Spots 2
C. Leoloddiglossa x bicolor coerulea SVO Blue

(sniped by me)

Thanks :) The largest growth is 11 inches from base of plant (not including roots). No spikes on mine but all have active growths and 2 have probable sheaths. I'm happy.

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Too funny! Oh, you only listing 6? What is the secret one :)

:rofl: well I'm a dummy and the special one is.................drum roll please...................

C. walkeriana 4N

Hahahahaha :blushing:

Oh hay I just went back and looked and we got the same walkeriana ........ way funny.

I was going to say I bought that one lol! We have good taste :)

Oh I think we do.

I'm going to try to track down a plant on this side of the pond... Don't think I'll find since many hybrids available to you guys are not common here, and vice-versa. But I'd like to try!
I'm confused though, are you buying the actual Miss Wonderful, or Miss Wonderful x something else?

We are buying the Lc. Miss Wonderful. Blame Colette for not following the rules :evil: haha jk. It doesn't make a huge difference, but we are seeing what the influence of the different L. anceps are on each of the siblings. :biggrin:

Ok, thanks. Though I'll probably be happy to find anything with Miss Wonderful on the label, be it the actual hybrid, or a cross with it!

I know I got so confused, and that plant was so beautiful. :(

I'm just giving you a hard time ;) I really like the one you got. I can't wait to see it flower. Should be interesting to see how it compares to the one Fred bloomed.

Hi Camille, if you do find anything that has a bit of Miss Wonderfull on the label would you please post it? Thnks!

Wait, wait, we are getting the Lc. Miss Wonderful crossed with the L. anceps. Colette got the Miss Wonderful.
See we are all confused :rofl:

Haha sorry if I was confusing. I was saying that we are getting Lc. Miss Wonderful. Miss Wonderful is a cross of Mari's song x Anceps. So, it will be interesting to see how the different cultivars of Anceps affect the seedlings.

Colette got Lc. Miss Wonderful x. (Lc. Tokyo magic x Slc. Dream Cloud). So her plant will make a new hybrid. Not sure what the name would be.

Hope that clears things up :blushing:

No, I'm the confused one :blushing: your right.

LOL This is getting more interesting by the minute :)
Can't wait to see what we all end up with ;)

No sign of it or anything similar over here. I searched for Miss Wonderful, and for the parents of Miss Wonderful (Mari's Song x anceps). So I don't think there are any options for us! All I found was Mari's Song, for 42€ at a German vendor. Oh well!

I also searched bud came up with no matches, better luck next time! :waving

That's to bad. Maybe find another cross you both can get and see how they turn out.

Is there any differences in how to raise these Mini Catts and the compact Catts? Or do we just treat them the same and hope for the best. This is all new to me with its culture. Any suggestions as mine should arrive tomorrow.

In my experience compact catts are less fussy. The minis need more even watering while the larger ones are my old battle axes that go through thick and thin.

The plants come tomorrow! Can't wait! Stay tuned for pictures.

Hi everyone! I just saw this thread and this project sounds so interesting! I love catts! Can I join in?

Go ahead. The more the merrier!

Mine should come today also. I too find the smaller the pot the more you have to water. So they do take a bit more care.