David B

So on Rebecca Northen and Grace Dunn, I just want to weigh a little bit. I have grown both in the past, and they are both charming, but...

I will admit i messaged Gerardo Castiglione, the Venezuelan Cattleya grower whose opinion i regard highly, about whether this plant...

When I acquired this plant from Carter and Holmes about 15 years ago it was called Lc Gaskell-Pumila and it was registered by Colman in...

Wow , what a minefield. For most of us an FCC is a very rare achievement, I have wondered if in a species cattleya should it be the best...

Here are the 5 main reasons: 1. The form was good with almost no windowing between the sepals and petals. The dorsal sepal stands up...

Sangre de toro

Agree on the concolor. It may seem a bit over-exacting to point out the dark linear stripe on the lip, but when making a precise...

Good luck with the mendelii, or is it mendelli or maybe even mendellii. I believe it is mendelii. Anyway my experience with it was a...

It's difficult sometimes to let plants go, but it's also a good experience in that you learn to grow some species and then in success...

So if no one else will say it I will. Sell it, give it away, yes it is a trianae, but unless it has some intrinsic value I do not...

This is as close to true color as I can get

In the greenhouse or elsewhere keep your temps at a 60F or 16C minimum or you may loose these to low temp. death. I did and learned my...

Varietals can be very confusing, but from experience, from year to year, blooming is different, as the depth and intensity of color...

So the primary results above are a reason I have acquired several coerulea crosses from SVO using Indigo Valentine, Indigo Dawn and...

A primary of warneri and warscewiczii. Huge and fragrant!