Recent content by big923cattleya

From what I understand is that the smaller growing ones with besseae, schlimii, manzurii, pearcei, etc. in their background require more water. There might be others I am missing. The Phrags. That are larger, longer petaled like caudatum, kovachii, and sargentianum amongst others require a bit...

Oh, cool E!!! I really like it too. "Excuse me while I kiss the sky!!!!"

“Purple Haze” Thinking of the late, great Jimi Hendrix!!! That was one of his biggest hits.

Hot Flash or Hot Flashes

I don't believe that you can group all Phrags together under the same light levels. You have cooler growing, moisture loving Phrags like besseae, schlimii, etc that would take much less light. I grow Phrag. pearcei the same way. I just grow them under medium bright light for maybe 10 hours a...

I agree with the hop-meister. It depends upon how you repot. Are you an aggressive repotter or a careful repotter? As far as frequency goes, everyone has a different approach. Large plants like strap leafed Paphs, large Cattleyas, Angraecum sesquipedale, large Vandas, standard Cymbidiums, etc...

Well it certainly has lots of potential! Good sepals with clear markings. Petal width seems nice. All that remains is for it to gather strength and get the flower count up.

Your welcome.

Three weeks is not that long. What is your alternative? Nothing really. It will happen.

It will open when it is ready. The flower needs to be finished forming and then it will open. Trying to come up with a way to speed up the process won’t help. Patience my young Jedi. 😃

A good friend of mine lives in Fort Myers Florida which is very similar to your climate. He grows both the big Paphs. like rothschildianum, Julius, St. Swithin and he grows a ton of Phrags as well. He has been granted a large number of awards. He grows under shade cloth outdoors and believes in...

I have not had much luck with schilleriana or aclandiae. But I keep trying. Very pretty flower!!!

I am finally having success with compact Cattleyas under lights after 6 years. I have a plant cart with 3 T-5 tubes, 6,500k. Plants are 5-6' below tubes. 10 hours a day from December 1 to February 1. Then 11 hours from February 1 until March 15th then 12 hours a day from then until May 1st when...

You are very welcome Ricardo! 👍

It has potential, let me say that. I agree with NEslipper, any Roth is a good Roth. Not all need to be award winners! Just look at the image you provided. Dorsal skews off to the left, the dorsal margin is a bit uneven or wavy. Synsepal is wavy too. They could be flatter. Petal stance is...