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10-18-2008, 05:38 PM
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Here is one of my Catasetums
This one is flowering right now, it is dark brown/purple almost black and is sooooo beautiful!
By the way; the brown one is Catasetum vinaceum x osculatum and the white one is Joao Stivali albo, the third and fourth are Catasetum expansum x saccatum.
Look for more pictures and culture tips at: Aalbers Orchids, the Catasetum, Coryanthes and Mormodes page also in english!
Mike
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10-18-2008, 05:43 PM
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hi Mike, I think you forgot to post the pic of your flowering plant 
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10-18-2008, 05:46 PM
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Had some trouble with kilobytes but now it shines above ;-)
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10-18-2008, 05:55 PM
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wow! gorgeous plant...  What's the name of this hybrid? What are the parents?
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10-18-2008, 06:06 PM
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Ramon,
Look at my first message, I mentioned the names there now.
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10-18-2008, 11:05 PM
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Mike, your Catasetum are sensational.
Thanks for that link. I'm not giving up on my 3, sad looking excuses that I've been failing with, so far. Eventually....
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10-19-2008, 09:17 AM
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Hello Sandy,
I assume your Catasetums do not grow so well, may I ask what temperature and light you grow them? How many backbulbs do they have and do you repot every year?
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10-19-2008, 07:13 PM
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Mike, congratulations for such a nice plants. I was pretty wrong when I thougth that this plants cannot be cultivated in Europ.
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10-19-2008, 07:46 PM
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Mike,
You've got some very nice Catasetums! Ive also enojoyed your website for quite a while. Im glad we have another Catasetinae fan here on the OB! I look forward to seeing more of your plants and discussions as well!
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10-19-2008, 08:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mike714
Hello Sandy,
I assume your Catasetums do not grow so well, may I ask what temperature and light you grow them? How many backbulbs do they have and do you repot every year?
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Mike, thanks so much for these questions. This is my first year (trying) to grow them  but I did repot them when I got them home in early spring, this year. One of them is now resting and there are about 2 back bulbs that are totally spent/shriveled. Should I have cut them off? Should I take it out of the pot and keep it unpotted till Spring? I'm in Fla., growing on a screened patio and they were getting eastern light (the best I can offer) all summer, very, very hot until recently. 2 of them are now growing (again) more stalks, if that's what they're called so I'm watering about every day.
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