Cattleya mossiae v. flamea

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John M

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This Cattleya mossiae does not belong to me. A friend has grown it for a few years; but, it kept producing sheaths and never blooming. I offered to give it a vacation in my greenhouse for 3 or 4 months to help it trigger into bloom. This is the result.....9 flowers on 5 inflorescences.

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Thank you.

The trigger was light. It needs long, undisturbed nights. Cattleya mossiae is photo-periodic sensitive. It was being grown in a condo and was getting light when it needed total darkness to trigger blooming.
 

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