Some Cattleya bloomers
 

Some of my Cattleya alliance species that have bloomed over the past few months.

Brassavola retusa – a cute little plant. This is only it’s 2nd blooms so not a lot of flowers but it grows out in all directions so in a few years it should be a wonderful little clump of blooms.
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Brassavola cebolleta - awful glare in the first pic but it gives a good idea of the growth habit
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C walkeriana semi-alba – one of my favorites and this particular walkeriana blooms longer than any of my others. This one typically lasts a month (give or take). Wonderful fragrance!
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...psugzcbob4.jpg
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C maxima ‘Thunder Mountain’
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C maxima alba 'Koningen Sylva' SM/DOG – another maxima…I love this species so much that I have 6 or 7 varieties. This one has been more difficult to bloom than any of the others. I got the division back on ’09 and it’s grown beautifully but this is it’s first bloom. I do believe it was worth the wait.
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Another C maxima ‘Priscilla’ x ‘Daniella’ - a first bloom on this clone.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...psxk8uh4xu.jpg

Laelia anceps var veitchiana – a first bloom for me on this one.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...psrlsmdjvz.jpg
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Laelia autumnalis
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Cattleya perrinii semi-alba (formerly Laelia) - love the shape of perrinii! Very large flowers. This is another species where I have several varieties because I do love them so much.
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Cattleya perrinii ‘Big Bugga’ AM/AOS
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps3z0sru2f.jpg

Cattleya jenmanii
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...psbk19esyc.jpg

Cattleya labiata v rubra ‘Shuller’ x C labiata v rubra ‘Ching Hua’
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...psbumieir7.jpg
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Cattleya labiata coerulea ‘Natural World’ AM/AOS x self
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...psar5xka0u.jpg

Cattleya dolosa coerulea
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Cattleya jongheana – this one bloomed much earlier last year...it got lost on my phone. Too gorgeous to be forgotten so better late than never.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps4gtq33gi.jpg
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Prosthechea vitellina (formerly Encyclia)
Super long lived blooms…it started blooming in Sept and did not finish until last January.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...psqdjhqksm.jpg

Sophronitelia (Isabelia) violacea
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Almost forgot ---

Sobralia decora ‘Everglades’ – a small sobralia…likely won’t ever be more than 15”-18” tall.

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/p...pstuvinzub.jpg
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Wow, they are all gorgeous. I was going to write which one I liked best, but I couldn't make a choice.... Fantastic growing!!!!

Thanks, Nikkik!

Beautiful ,Beautiful ,Beautiful !

Wow! So much eye candy :)

wow, so many gorgeous blooms! i love that brassavola cebolleta... but all of these are beautiful plants as well as blooms! :)

Wonderful collection! All are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Wow, just wow. I don't think I could pick a fav ether. Well done Katrina.

Thanks for the wonderful comments everyone. Catts are the predominant orchid group in my collection and if I could grow only one group...it would be these guys.

Thanks for looking!

Should sell tickets to show off this fantastic display! STUNNING!

What a great collection! The dark perrini is my favorite! Do you grow all of the catts under lights?


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Long-lasting orange flowers? One Prosthecea vitellina, please! Lovely collection!


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I'm so impressed by your beautiful orchids. I love them all.

I love your Sobralia. The foliage looks so magnificent!

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walkeriana and anceps practically jump out of the photos. Beautiful!

Beautiful flowers! I love Cattleya Jongheana.

You are all so kind...I'm glad you like them. Thanks for the comments.


Yes, under lights the majority of the year but outside under shade cloth during the warm months. They get a nice vacation out in nature and I get a vacation from the work load. Grabbing a hose and spraying away is so much less time consuming. Of course, they have to contend w/all those things that Mother Nature dishes out...but I'm a firm believer in the fact that the time outside does them a lot of good.

:drool: Spectacular!

Wonderful!, but I especially like the cebolleta. Just gorgeous.

Thanks so much...glad you like them.