Cattleya Meadii

[paphioboy]

this is an old hybrid.. a cross of c. bowringiana and c. forbesii. this is its best blooming so far with 5 flowers...

 

[paphioboy]

unfortunately, it tends to have colour 'breaks' at the tips of the petals...

 

[Ron-NY]

I like it...what is going on in the lips? Eith the color breaks, I wonder if it is virused

 

[Candace]

Yeah, I noticed the color break right away, too. I would get it virus tested...and isolate from your other plants.

 

[goldenrose]

It's very pretty, hope all is OK!

 

[NYEric]

Just compare it to others, maybe that's the way they bloom.

 

[Candace]

Eric, no....cattleyas don't bloom normally with colorbreak. It's a classic sign of virus. Sometimes major stress or bugs can cause some mishapen petals or color irregularities, so it's always good to test. But this plant should be moved far away from the other plants in the photo. If it's not valuable and has bloomed like this before I'd throw it away. You don't want to spread it to your other orchids.

 

[paphioboy]

oh... that's not too good to hear... thanks for the advice though... i'll separate it from the others...

 

[goldenrose]

Have the newbies checked out Candace's website? WOW - what a collection you have! Way to go girl!

 

[Candace]

Thanks, Goldenrose. Probably over a 1/3 of my 700ish plants are cattleyas.

 

[goldenrose]

oke:don't you mean 780ish? It's going to take a while just to catalog them!