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Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-17-2025, 08:58 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,844
Posted By Manfred Busche
'plant lust' ... Uyyy , what a term ... :) ...

'plant lust' ... Uyyy , what a term ... :)

There is another word , coined by author Eric Hansen :: 'orchid fever' ... :)
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-16-2025, 11:11 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,844
Posted By Manfred Busche
Hi David. While I am 'leaning' towards the...

Hi David.

While I am 'leaning' towards the want to own an exceptionally large plant of C. warcewiczii (and trying to coax one into growing old , tall and large) , I ask myself how the PETALS of...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-13-2025, 05:45 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 6,273
Posted By Manfred Busche
:hello Hi Nancy. You have posted this in 2007...

:hello
Hi Nancy.
You have posted this in 2007 , long time ago ...

The 2 images that you have at that time included in your post (not visible above) show a *very dense growth pattern* , which I...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-13-2025, 01:51 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,844
Posted By Manfred Busche
Hi Louis. You seem passionate about this...

Hi Louis.
You seem passionate about this (smile) ... and so am I , because C. warscewiczii is my favorite Cattleya species
by a mile.

Triploidy is a very rare phenomenon that in nature occurs by...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-12-2025, 02:01 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,844
Posted By Manfred Busche
:hello According to Art Chadwick (personal...

:hello
According to Art Chadwick (personal communication) , son of the author of this piece :: Cattleya warscewiczii (https://chadwickorchids.com/content/cattleya-warscewiczii) , his late father...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 03-11-2024, 03:09 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,844
Posted By Manfred Busche
Cattleya warscewiczii are my favorites by a mile...

Cattleya warscewiczii are my favorites by a mile ... and so I have been pondering this question before.

My personal assumption :: in the early days of 'orchid craze' there might have been a colony...
Forum: Scientific Matters 03-13-2022, 05:11 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 12,400
Posted By Manfred Busche
Thanks a lot for this post. Valuable Information...

Thanks a lot for this post. Valuable Information for any serious Cattleya grower.
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 10-15-2020, 02:44 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,061
Posted By Manfred Busche
Thank you. No , I am not bad-mouthing...

Thank you.

No , I am not bad-mouthing anybody.

I just do not believe that a flower as large as 12 in. tall (30 cms) is possible to be produced by C. warscewiczii or any natural Cattleya species...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 10-15-2020, 12:31 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,061
Posted By Manfred Busche
Hi folks , this thread is about a Cattleya...

Hi folks , this thread is about a Cattleya species (C.warscewiczii) , not about hybrids bred for size.

I have a rather sensitive personality:biggrin: -this is why I love Stanhopea and Cattleya...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 10-07-2020, 08:33 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,061
Posted By Manfred Busche
For about a week I was not here ... and now...

For about a week I was not here ... and now visiting again , I had hope that there were perhaps 3 to 5 new threads
showing *12in Cattleya flowers* with a measuring tape held to them , but ......
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - Paphiopedilum 10-02-2020, 11:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 7,845
Posted By Manfred Busche
There is nothing like *P. sanderianum* :bowing,...

There is nothing like *P. sanderianum* :bowing, petals 80cms long , and when the flowers are opening , the petals drop out folded to 2cm short segments and then they unfold and grow-grow-grow in...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-27-2020, 08:32 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,061
Posted By Manfred Busche
Cattleya warscewiczii (C. gigas) with flowers 12 in. tall ... a myth , or reality ??

Hi Cattleya growers :waving

I would love to see a photograph of a flower of C. warscewiczii exhibiting a height of 12 inches , with
a measuring tape held to the flower ...

*Anyone* ??

The...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-15-2020, 11:55 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,552
Posted By Manfred Busche
C. gigas , dowiana , hardyana. ...

C. gigas , dowiana , hardyana.
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My 20+ plants of C. dowiana , C. warscewiczii (C. gigas) and C. hardyana flower regularly every year , and the flowers get more...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-15-2020, 11:06 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 8,383
Posted By Manfred Busche
Rats , really ? ... Or snails or slugs ?? ...

Rats , really ? ... Or snails or slugs ??

Please note :: slugs love beer ... I put an inch-wide plastic bottle cap filled with beer onto the compost , and slugs go there and get stunned , sort of...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 09-04-2020, 01:41 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 33,315
Posted By Manfred Busche
Hi Scott, Roberta is 100% right with all that...

Hi Scott, Roberta is 100% right with all that she has written ...

However, your plant has *REALLY* outgrown it's basket (see photo) ...

When one of my 80 Stanhopea plants has come to this, I...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 09-02-2020, 08:42 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,353
Posted By Manfred Busche
Nice :) to see that my advice is being heeded...

Nice :) to see that my advice is being heeded even after several years ...

To whom it may concern , please note ::
------------------------

(a) Stanhopea plants send their flower spikes...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 09-15-2019, 03:07 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,275
Posted By Manfred Busche
Subject : DTV = Diurnal Temperature Variation...

Subject : DTV = Diurnal Temperature Variation (please use Google Search).
--------

Hi Ray, thank you for the challenge.

While I salute your 45+ years of hands-on orchids growing in the US, I...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 09-14-2019, 12:31 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,275
Posted By Manfred Busche
Hi there, I would like to put a question to the...

Hi there,
I would like to put a question to the more experienced members writing here (smile).

Not all, but most orchids require a marked 'Diurnal Temperature Variation' to flower -- i.e. a...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 09-12-2019, 07:49 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,349
Posted By Manfred Busche
I cultivate 100+ pcs. of Stanhopea plants, and I...

I cultivate 100+ pcs. of Stanhopea plants, and I mention it to add some weight (smile) to my 'diagnosis' here below ...

The morphology of the flower, and the facts that there is almost no color...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 08-27-2019, 10:44 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,561
Posted By Manfred Busche
Please note that you cannot grow any orchids...

Please note that you cannot grow any orchids under LED lights.
One needs to use special light tubes which are designed for the purpose (search on www).
Forum: Identification Forum 08-27-2019, 10:27 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 11,461
Posted By Manfred Busche
Hi there. First of all, the photograph does...

Hi there.

First of all, the photograph does NOT show a flower of S. tigrina, I sign with blood (smile) ...

Secondly, I grow Stanhopea plants in tropical Costa Rica, and I have groomed a young...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 08-27-2019, 10:09 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 6,309
Posted By Manfred Busche
The above advice is all correct ... but one...

The above advice is all correct ... but one aspect might need to be added :: use better-quality moss.

I grow my plants in a tropical climate, in moss, and I almost never need to re-pot.
Forum: Potting & Repotting 01-07-2018, 08:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,411
Posted By Manfred Busche
Easy. Take the plant out of the old pot, ...

Easy.
Take the plant out of the old pot,
shake off all old compost,
hang it in inverted position (roots up) and water it daily for 1 month,
then plant it (no wobbling) into a basket with Chile...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 08-11-2017, 07:53 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,940
Posted By Manfred Busche
It's age ... I will try to answer. (a) The...

It's age ... I will try to answer.

(a) The dark-green leaf is fully grown, it is an adult.
(b) The light-green leaf is juvenile. It will grow larger still and then form a bulb.
(c) The shoot...
Forum: Catasetum and Stanhopea Alliance 08-11-2017, 07:42 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 7,146
Posted By Manfred Busche
If you can give your Stanhopea plants 'dappled...

If you can give your Stanhopea plants 'dappled light', they will love it. They perhaps will need to acclimatize.
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