Cattleya Exotic Watermelon
 

was known as SVO 9266. :biggrin:

Cattleya Exotic Watermelon

I have found it has a name..4 buds down from 6 but growing from both ends. The flowers are small and retain the "beak" of the sophronitis.

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:goodluck: with your mini catts !!!

if you cant grow coccinea grow these bec you can grow whats close to it!! they have the red rose type velvet to them. thanks for looking :waving

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last one to open is the smallest and I think might be best looking one too..

off to the bench for another 6 months already got things happening!!

:biggrin:

this is the 1st 9266 I got from Fred in 2023. It has taken about 9 months to bud up again. :)

Ultimately with the mini Catts you want to get them to where they have lots of new growths. It assures you of many months of flowers. The buds pop up small, have no sheaths and do need tending to keep off pests. This one had just bloomed out 6 flowers last year and this time has 12 new growths and 2 sets of buds getting on the move. Lost one set to the snails. :(

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we see how these goes :waving

Nice blooms and look at all of those leads!

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a few have opened. A few more were fir snail food :(

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:waving

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and the lonely one :)

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7 today 4 more in sheath. :biggrin: