Cycnoches peruvianum & Grobya galeata

[kavanaru]

These photos are also in another thread, but since both are Catasetinae, I wante dto have them here too


Cycnoches peruvianum by kavanaru, on Flickr

Cycnoches peruvianum by kavanaru, on Flickr

Grobya galeata by kavanaru, on Flickr

[Junebug]

They're beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[Lovecats]

Beautiful indeed!

[Lars Kurth]

Wonderful

[isurus79]

Great pics and great plants Ramon! Can you tell us a little bit more about the Grobya (taxonomy, care, etc.)? I'm not familiar with this genus at all.

[kavanaru]

Thanks @ all for the comments!

Steve, Grobya is one of those genera which have been jumping around Catasetinae, Cyrtopodinae, whatever... "Recent" phylogenetic studies have shown that Grobya, as well as Galeandra, belongs to Catasetinae (actually, they are very close to each other in the phylogenetic trees)

In theory, Grobya should be grown similar to Catasetum, however I cannot give much details yet, as this is a new Genus for me... I have Grobya galeata and Grobya amherstiae since less than one year... so far, I have not seen that they are "real" deciduous plants, as sometimes reported (other reports go for not deciduos plants!). I am growing them with my other Catasetinae and tehy seem to like it Watering a bit different, as I grow my other Catasetinae in S/H or PET (Brazilian version of S/H, using organic substrate and adding slow-release fertilizer <- will change to this in the future, as I have seen they like it A LOT better!)... I water Grobya when the substrate is approaching dryness...

[satishsherikar]

very pretty!

[smweaver]

Very nice blooms on both plants, Ramon. I especially like the Cyc. peruvianum, which I've never heard of before now--and which, naturally, I now need to have! :-)

Steve

[Mathias]

Cycnoches peruvianum is really spectacular!