Iwanagara appleblossom
 

After I see almost half of your cattleya pictures on this forum, I want to show one of mine. The plant looks very strong and now has 6 flowers. Maybe after the blooming, I'll repot it because the plant seems too big for his actual pot.
I am a new owner of this type and I hope to make them rebloom in the future.:)

Hi Nico :D

WOW! Very nice and healthy looking plant. Also very lovely blooms. I was looking at your photos in the gallery earlier. It sure looks like you got a green thumb! Excellent growing!:drool: :drool:

Great job, Nico! :clap:

This is one of my favorite 'chids...isn't the fragrance wonderful? Makes me smile every time :D

Beautiful flowers, Well grown 'chid - very nice!!

Beautiful! It is on my "Most Desired" list!

Nancy

Very healthy plant and lovely flowers! Well done!

Me, too! Me, too!
 

:banana: :cheer: I also want to show off my Apple Blossom as I love the whole look of the plant and it's wonderful fragrance! :cheer: :banana:
I am also new at orchids and so far the AB has growth from it's base! :nod::Tup:
I also need to repot mine but will wait once the blooms die off. I have yet to find out if, like many other orchids, the apple blossom should be repotted in a container that keeps it's roots tight. :hmm

Happy Growing and Good Health with yours! :D

What will you use as a medium? :hmm

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to share my Apple Blossum transplant story. I divided my plant in November 06 and placed each half in S/H. At the time each plant had 4 pseudobulbs. The plants took nicely to the S/H and even grew another bulb, looks great. But alas, no flowers this year. I guess I transplanted the plant too late in the season, but I felt I had no choice. Hopefully next year I will have flowers. So if your going to divide and you have the choice, this time of year is probably the right time.:nod:
Thanks for sharing your pictures.

Linda .. What kind of fertilizing schedule did you have your Apple Blossom on?

Hi Dorothy,
Since the plant is in S/H, I top it off when needed with Dyna-Gro. Roots look great and as I said, the pseudobulbs are also healthy. I am still hoping for buds but at this time I will be pleasantly surprised. Temps. are good for blooming, everything else budded. Just think it was the stress and change of the medium.