Cattleya warscewiczii 'Sanderiana'
 

Hello Cattleya Growers.

I am myself not an experienced Cattleya grower ...

My question is :
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Is there anyone on this board who can and will communicate her / his personal growing experience
with an individual clone of Cattleya warscewiczii 'Sanderiana' (repeat SANDERIANA) ... ?

Thank you,
Manfred.

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Sorry - I'm unable to help - hopefully someone else will be able to. Good luck!

Manfred,
Try this post: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...cii-gigas.html

Scroll down to the post and pictures by Nancy and you will see a spectacular specimen sized plant grown by her. I would send her a PM and she might be able to help you with your questions.

also read this article on how to grow this giant plant

Cattleya warscewiczii | Chadwick and Son Orchids

Hello,
thank you for trying to help :D .

A year ago I learned from the article referenced by BUD that a special type of Cattleya warscewiczii would exist,
which has pseudobulbs one foot+ (!) tall and would produce flowers 12 inches wide, 10 flowers on a spike ...

The horticultural name of this special type : C. warscewiczii 'Sanderiana'.

Pseudobulbs 1 foot tall : in order to carry and hold in place such many and large flowers, obviously a tall and strong pseudobulbulb is a requirement indeed - hence we can safely assume that C. warscewiczii Sanderiana, when not in flower, can be recognized by it's exceptionally tall and correspondingly thick pseudobulbs.

I myself cultivate and have flowered plants of 2 different types of C. warscewiczii, none of them Sanderiana,
and the height of their pseudobulbs is 7 inches and 4 inches respectively; much shorter than 1 foot+ ...

My question : do plants of C. warscewiczii Sanderiana still exist in cultivation, or are they all gone ?

Cheers, Manfred.

I just imported 20 of them. They were with sheaths, so they went into force blooms due to climate change, and our oncoming summer, so the blooms were small, inflorescence only 12" tall, flowers to 8", and most was 6 per spike.

We hope them to improve once they revert to our hemisphere's bloom cycle

Here is some pics...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/gigas03b.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ts/gigas01.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ts/gigas03.jpg

If you will notice in the last pic, the diminitive eye spots, and darker color, typical of the v. Sanderiana.

dang ants, i wish i could take one of those but i just dont have rooom!! they look fabulous!!! are you going to be selling them?

That's the goal, besides breeding them, but you know how it is, its hard to let your chids leave home. :biggrin:

I think Sanderiana are the finest example of the species. Of the Catts I have I find they are the least forgiving of mistakes, fertilizing when it's resting and repotting at the wrong time. I killed one that way. Painful lesson. Got Ants - what a great find, your group.