My Conservatory, a 2 year snap-shot

[John Boy]

Well, once again, out of the conservatory:

My monster Cattleya schroederae "Superselect" is at it again. I Was going to to wait until every flower is open and the whole thing could be somewhat sorted before taking pictures, but I couldn't stand it any longer....

Behold: One of my best Cattleya plants....

 

[SlipperFan]

Wow -- that is impressive! :clap:

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Holy smokes! What a show!!
...And you say this is just one of your best Catts?!

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[John Boy]

Yeah, I've been collecting for a while (I'm old now...), so there's some more like that. Next up (2 months?) will be my blue mendelii with 3 leads and I've got a schilleriana with currently 7 leads.... ;0)

 

[John Boy]

Sorry you guys have to bear with me here!!! I've always been hooked with this plant, and this year it's really bad...

This is only the next day!!! The (stong to be) pink within the lip is kicking in. Next pictures will be, when that last/late bud opens. I hope it's going to be in time for a total 12 Flower Display. You might think it's over the top, to take so many pictures for this one schroederae, (sorry!!!), but I'm hooked.... I even thought about a scale shot, but that comes with what's going on right or left of the plant.

 

[Marc]

It surely is a stunning sight, well grown Johnboy!

 

[JeanLux]

:clap: Beauties :clap: !!!! Jean

 

[NYEric]

The last photo got them all. Thanks for sharing.

 

[John Boy]

It's Restrepia season...

This one is called clowesii:

The second one is contorta:

I can't wait to get these plants large, larger, or huge....

 

[Marc]

Nice restrepia's

Slowly getting motivated again to pickup the DSLR again.

 

[NYEric]

Nice Restrepeas. Thanks for sharing.

 

[likespaphs]

yum

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice photos, also, John!

 

[John Boy]

Some Cattleya magic happening this end...:

Cattleya percivalliana alba:

And this one is a maxima coerulea x intermedia coerulea

With this little walkeriana semi alba I'm quite happy, though she's far from perfect...

 

[NYEric]

nice but I don't see any intermedia in that cross.

 

[John Boy]

Don't you? Well, I've got hieps of intermedias (most of the colours), and I saw a bunch of these plants flowering in a nursery recently. Given that it does not quite look like a pure maxima, and reading the lable... I had no doubt whatsoever, that this plant is...what it was expected to be. I can see the maxima in the lip, the rest (to me) looks/did look, like intermedia. N'er mind...I bought her because of the blue parents, and since I have no coerulea maxima yet, I'm happy;0))

 

[SlipperFan]

Lovely coerulea.

 

[NYEric]

I agree on that!

 

[JeanLux]

... I can see the maxima in the lip, the rest (to me) looks/did look, like intermedia...

I agree with Johnboy on that !!!!

Great white/coer. blooms, bravo !!!!

Jean

 

[biothanasis]

Wonderful restrepias!!!! I wish I could keep them alive in summer..!

Beautiful Catts too!