Cattleya warscewiczii First Bloom
Hello All,
This is my first bloom on this Cattleya warscewiczii. I purchased a small group of these 3 years ago from the Pacific Orchid Expo in SF, not really sure where they came from originally. After killing a few and torturing them all I finally figured out that they hate my greenhouse and do much better outside with the cymbidiums.
The flowers are only 5 inches across on this bloom but they are very fragrant, really pleasant sweet scent during the day. Hopefully I can improve my culture for next year and get the blooms to be a little larger.
Has anyone else had trouble cultivating this species in a greenhouse? When inside and growing they tend to blacken the new growths from the tip of the leaf to the rhizome and rarely produce clean foliage. I have a similar problem with Cattleya jenmanii and gaskelliana, which are all growing outdoors now with the cymbidiums.
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