My little color changer. Still going strong, still inten...
My little color changer. Still going strong, still intensely fragrant. She wishes you all a wonderful day. #plantsmakepeoplehappy #orchidlovers
23ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
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@BrawnyMachofern I'm only newish to them. Those blooms are the first that 100% grew in my home and care - from the very first glimpses of those spikes to white buds to peach- colored goodness
@MusicalRedmint wow, that peach color is so delicate and beautiful with that hint of fushia in the flowers. I’m not familiar with this type of orchid so now you have me thinking I need to learn more so I can venture out and find one! Awesome job🙌🏻
@MusicalRedmint She sure is beautiful love the coloring . I’m betting your one proud plant mom right now with due rights.
@Shells_Garden 😀 orchid nurseries are the place to look for the best plants and biggest varieties. Be careful, though. cattleyas take ages to mature and bloom and are often sold waaaay before flowing size. If they are sold as seedlings/ young plants (as they often are) they are very affordable but will take ages (at least 3-4 years, more likely 5-6 with setbacks from mistakes) to bloom.
I've heard you have great orchid shows in the US, however. And those places should have a lot of mature ones - which you even might be able to smells first. 😉 most cattleyas are fragrant.
They are very light hungry and like it warm, but that shouldn't be as much of an issue where you live, as it is for me.
I've heard you have great orchid shows in the US, however. And those places should have a lot of mature ones - which you even might be able to smells first. 😉 most cattleyas are fragrant.
They are very light hungry and like it warm, but that shouldn't be as much of an issue where you live, as it is for me.
@ThatLeoNamedKeo is a cattleya orchid. Which as a description is very... non-descript. The family of cattleya species and c intergenerics of sub types of cattleya is huge and very varied. Many trends to have bigger and less flowers. Or just one very flouffy one. Most are fragrant, though e.g. many smaller ones aren't. Some can be miniscule. All are absolutely beautiful and special 😉 (earlier on, only the big flouffy ones were called cattleya. But as with oncidiums, nowadays many closely related species and crosses are grouped under that header. This one for example is a caulocattleya (abbreviated Clty, a cross between a cattleya and a caularthron).
@ThatLeoNamedKeo Can't say I have. Are they featured in it? Or were they just in one screen corner at some point and you researched it?
@ThatLeoNamedKeo this flower specifically? The hybrid? Or the Caularthron? In any case that tracks. The species itself is native to that region
@ThatLeoNamedKeo ah. That's less specific then. Cattleyas in general are a biiiiig group, native to many more places 😀. But interesting nonetheless.
@MusicalRedmint Listen…. it’s not that deep…. I said the flower looked familiar and reminded me of one of my favorite movies and mentioned it to you. Not sure why you are turning this into a overthinking convo or confused by what i just told you lol just check the movie out to see… or dont. 🤦🏽♀️ Have a great night!!
@Araceae you should have tons of them to choose from in your broader region. They might not be native (they are mainly from South America) but many big growers are in Taiwan at the very least, aren't they? And I seem to remember some from Indonesia as well, but i might be wrong.
They aren't advertised as such, but many cattleyas change their colors. (I've heard often from yellow to pink, for example. This one is called snowflake and most pictures you find are with white blooms. So if I hadn't heard about what it does beforehand, it would have been a biiiiig surprise ). So, I'm sure you can find some easily.
They aren't advertised as such, but many cattleyas change their colors. (I've heard often from yellow to pink, for example. This one is called snowflake and most pictures you find are with white blooms. So if I hadn't heard about what it does beforehand, it would have been a biiiiig surprise ). So, I'm sure you can find some easily.
@MusicalRedmint cattleyas aren't our niche. Singapore would be too warm for some, after all some are highland species. Most here are Dendrobium and Vandaceous, with Phals being imported from Taiwan
@Araceae
Sorry I edited the last post, because I noticed I might have misspoken or at the very least not have been very clear. in the hopes, you hadn't read it yet, which you obviously did. The edit should clarify what i meant😉 🤦♀️
Sorry I edited the last post, because I noticed I might have misspoken or at the very least not have been very clear. in the hopes, you hadn't read it yet, which you obviously did. The edit should clarify what i meant😉 🤦♀️
@Araceae Many cattleyas like warmth as far as I know. yes there are some like the sophronitis and their crosses, that grow up in the mountains originally and like it not quite as hot, but most of them aren't, I think. I think I do remember MOG growing some outside in Cyprus. Or inside without much climate control. And those temperatures can also get blazing
@SupremePecan that makes two of us 😊