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Forum: Cattleya Alliance 11-28-2024, 06:28 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,642
Posted By bernardomantas97
Dropping off an (overdue) update: The...

Dropping off an (overdue) update:

The encyclia fowliei has been opening for 3 weeks, and still not one bud has fully opened (too many rainy/gloomy days, I guess)...

Two sophronitis opened up in...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 10-09-2024, 05:47 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,642
Posted By bernardomantas97
As soon as the permanent greenhouse is built,...

As soon as the permanent greenhouse is built, that'll be one of my first goals, ahahah! Funnily enough, I have 1 tipo that came from Brazil that completely skipped blooming this year (it was my first...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 10-09-2024, 04:01 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,642
Posted By bernardomantas97
I'm not sure if it's uncommon for this particular...

I'm not sure if it's uncommon for this particular plant though it did surprise me to see the buds forming a couple weeks ago - guess I won't have any open flower for Xmas this year... XD

Also,...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 10-09-2024, 02:32 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,642
Posted By bernardomantas97
Cattleya percivaliana alba (& more)

Hey again guys!

This is my first time blooming a cattleya percivaliana (oddly enough, it seems a bit ahead of the expected, but flowers are flowers nonethless). Can't say I regret getting it,...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-09-2024, 09:08 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,471
Posted By bernardomantas97
Cattleya (laelia) purpurata semialba first bloom

Greetings guys!

This seedling from Brazil is (finally!) blooming for me, after 3 years being grown indoors with my previous setup. It developed 2 sheaths, but had never bloomed until now. It...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 08-07-2024, 09:31 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,328
Posted By bernardomantas97
Cattleya guttata verde

Hey everyone!

For my birthday this past Monday I was gifted a cattleya guttata verde, straight from Brazil (don't tell anyone that it made it through customs inside my friend's luggage...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-22-2024, 06:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,652
Posted By bernardomantas97
Here's an update, btw; the 3 buds are now open!...

Here's an update, btw; the 3 buds are now open! The first one is a bit larger than the other two, and they got kind of stuck against another sheath, but oh well, ahahah.

The fragrance has already...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-20-2024, 06:42 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,652
Posted By bernardomantas97
Thanks Steve! Sadly, we don't have permission to...

Thanks Steve! Sadly, we don't have permission to import / export plants from / to the US here in Portugal - still couldn't figure out exactly why it was never approved... But I do have a lot of...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 07-19-2024, 05:34 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,652
Posted By bernardomantas97
Cattleya mossiae coerulea

Hey everyone!

So, here's another mossiae (out of I don't even know how many I have) that's decided to start blooming a little off-season - it still has 2 more sheaths, but this was the only one so...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 05-15-2024, 01:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,195
Posted By bernardomantas97
The first flower (the bottom one) had been open...

The first flower (the bottom one) had been open for 7 days, the second (the top one) for 5. I am not currently at home, so I can't check if anything changed in the meantime, but the main difference I...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 05-13-2024, 02:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,195
Posted By bernardomantas97
I am actually waiting for their reply already,...

I am actually waiting for their reply already, ahahah! For now, my best bet is that this plant was a leftover from a previously available semialba striata lot that got mixed with tipos while not...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 05-13-2024, 01:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,195
Posted By bernardomantas97
Cattleya maxima (not) "Uzhupud"

Greetings once more, everyone!

This year, I bought a cattleya maxima "Uzhupud" (or so I thought) from Ecuagenera as a consolation prize at the Porto show here in Portugal. It was a consolation...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 05-03-2024, 07:14 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,560
Posted By bernardomantas97
Thanks everyone for the nice words! :D The...

Thanks everyone for the nice words! :D

The petals are now fully white (the lighting might not be the best to showcase that, but unfortunately it's all I have for today :lol:) and the scent is...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 05-02-2024, 06:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,925
Posted By bernardomantas97
I'm very jealous, pheli and Peter... Mine is...

I'm very jealous, pheli and Peter... Mine is blooming now, though I only acquired it recently from a friend who divided his; the color is great, the shape is terrible, lol...
Hopefully it improves...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 04-29-2024, 01:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,560
Posted By bernardomantas97
Cattleya mossiae semi-alba "first" bloom

Greetings everyone!

I can't possibly compete with Marie's mossiae (just stunning, btw), but the "first" flower is opening now on mine. It's technically not the first, but the previous one wilted...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 02-29-2024, 04:36 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,127
Posted By bernardomantas97
So, for an update, the flowers have now been open...

So, for an update, the flowers have now been open for 5 days, and the white is as clear as before, ahahah! The only speckles of pink are the same that were present before, on the edges of the lips.
...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 02-27-2024, 09:10 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,127
Posted By bernardomantas97
I'm not sure, honestly... I have reached out to...

I'm not sure, honestly... I have reached out to the seller, asking if he remembers what the previous blooms looked like for the supposed schroederae he was selling, maybe it was an alba and he just...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - Paphiopedilum 02-27-2024, 08:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,164
Posted By bernardomantas97
These get pretty much the same treatment as all...

These get pretty much the same treatment as all my other paphs, being considerably wetter during the summer months (as temperatures here get quite hot, some days even hitting or surpassing 40°C), a...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 02-27-2024, 08:18 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,127
Posted By bernardomantas97
Cattleya schroederae (quasi-alba?)

Greetings guys!

After a long wait, this cutie finally opened its buds (2 days ago). I'm quite surprised with the color so far, I was expecting it to be a tipo (considering the tag didn't refer to...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - Paphiopedilum 02-27-2024, 08:03 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,164
Posted By bernardomantas97
These sure are one of my favourites, ahahah! I...

These sure are one of my favourites, ahahah! I absolutely adore the vietnamense and the malipoense as well, but I can't really fit them anywhere at the moment... Maybe in a couple of years, when I...
Forum: Cypripedium Alliance - Paphiopedilum 02-23-2024, 10:13 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,164
Posted By bernardomantas97
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum

Greetings, everyone!

The first of my (multiple) Paphio. fairrieanum has just opened. This one is a first bloom seedling, and I accidentally forgot the spike was going to get bigger so it...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-23-2024, 09:14 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,341
Posted By bernardomantas97
NoID mini cattleya in bloom

Greetings everyone!

I got this lovely miniature not long ago, from a local garden center, mainly because of its size. It developed a new growth and 2 buds, which just started to open up. There was...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-21-2024, 04:20 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,386
Posted By bernardomantas97
Complementing my neighbour rbarata's reply and my...

Complementing my neighbour rbarata's reply and my own, sometimes it is also a good decision to trade with fellow collectors. It is hard to get some of the rarer species over here (blooming sized...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 01-21-2024, 01:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,386
Posted By bernardomantas97
Greetings, Steven! I am by no means...

Greetings, Steven!

I am by no means experienced or knowledgeable when it comes to this topic, but here's my two cents, considering what I've seen and heard here in Portugal:

Phitosanitary costs...
Forum: Vanda Alliance - others 01-08-2024, 04:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 889
Posted By bernardomantas97
Being completely honest, I most often forget it...

Being completely honest, I most often forget it exists... I let it hang close to my S. brevipedunculata and my C. alaorii, surrounded by bigger Cattleyas. Sadly, I haven't got much space (only a...
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