I do not know if they still have it - RF Orchids is response to phone calls. I brought these two Cattleyas onto my local orchid society meeting where we have member (popular) judging. Cornerstone 'Compass' won the third place in the category - there were a lot of really nice Catts. When I removed the plants from the display table, a few people around me gasped because they had not really seen the flower since it was buried behind other plants. Once I removed the plant, they moved closer for a better look. Competitive orchid growers place their plants in advantageous viewing locations at meetings and shows, so that their plants get the best viewing. I always hope that people will look carefully at each flower at these meetings, like I do - apparently this does not always happen. I am happy that you liked this flower - I also think that it is really nice - cannot wait for the other blooms to open!!
Flash light at night to go check on your orchids?? The bug has got you all right, you are way past the point of no return... Lol! I love the flowers that hide from us until the very last moment... It is like finding a 100 dollar bill in your coat's pocket from last winter! And talking about feeling the sheaths to figure out what is coming, this year I had two plants (C. tenebrosa and C. intermedia) that put empty stalks out of their sheaths, a normal stalk without a single flower bud on them... Now I don't know if it is a nutrient deficiency, too much nitrogen in blooming season, of worse of all, some virus... Do you have any guesses why this might have happened? I have been fertilizing my plants and I am more inclined to believe it is excess than a deficiency of any sort.
I do not know why you had an empty spike. I have seen blossoms rot inside the sheath but that was rot and not nutrient deficiency or oversupply. I have also seen some blossom deformities that are related to the use of fertilizers or supplements that include growth regulators, or viruses. If this plant has not bloomed for you previously, you have also even have a genetically defective plant where bloom development has been disrupted. Sorry - could be a lot of things.....
@@plantpropagator They have been great bloomers in previous years, so it is not about genetics. I'll keep monitoring them. If it happens a second time, I will think it is disease... that would be unfortunate, they are very good plants!
That is Rlc. Siao-Cing Beauty aka not my plant. That plant was loaned to me for the pollinia, which I harvested and have used for a couple of hybridizations already. It is another dark red, vigorous, fragrant Cattleya. I have promised progeny from the crosses to the owner of this plant. It is interesting that you noticed this.....
Beautiful
Thanks for your comment - more blooms coming!!...
Those are beautiful especially that big pink one. A flashlight?😂😂😂. I understand being an orchid mom myself. Thank you for sharing.
Hey - it was dark outside. And I saw a bloom spike that I would not normally have seen. So, there may be more flashlight use in the future!!
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Omg pink cat. I keep staring at it. I wonder if RF still has that orchid. Thank you.😊😊😊😊
I do not know if they still have it - RF Orchids is response to phone calls.
I brought these two Cattleyas onto my local orchid society meeting where we have member (popular) judging. Cornerstone 'Compass' won the third place in the category - there were a lot of really nice Catts. When I removed the plants from the display table, a few people around me gasped because they had not really seen the flower since it was buried behind other plants. Once I removed the plant, they moved closer for a better look. Competitive orchid growers place their plants in advantageous viewing locations at meetings and shows, so that their plants get the best viewing. I always hope that people will look carefully at each flower at these meetings, like I do - apparently this does not always happen. I am happy that you liked this flower - I also think that it is really nice - cannot wait for the other blooms to open!!
@@plantpropagator 😊😊😊rf no luck, but I found it Odom orchard 😀 so happy 😀
@@yolantalachance2779 Thanks for letting me know - I like the people at Odoms - need to plan another trip there very soon.....
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Flash light at night to go check on your orchids?? The bug has got you all right, you are way past the point of no return... Lol! I love the flowers that hide from us until the very last moment... It is like finding a 100 dollar bill in your coat's pocket from last winter! And talking about feeling the sheaths to figure out what is coming, this year I had two plants (C. tenebrosa and C. intermedia) that put empty stalks out of their sheaths, a normal stalk without a single flower bud on them... Now I don't know if it is a nutrient deficiency, too much nitrogen in blooming season, of worse of all, some virus... Do you have any guesses why this might have happened? I have been fertilizing my plants and I am more inclined to believe it is excess than a deficiency of any sort.
I do not know why you had an empty spike. I have seen blossoms rot inside the sheath but that was rot and not nutrient deficiency or oversupply. I have also seen some blossom deformities that are related to the use of fertilizers or supplements that include growth regulators, or viruses. If this plant has not bloomed for you previously, you have also even have a genetically defective plant where bloom development has been disrupted. Sorry - could be a lot of things.....
@@plantpropagator They have been great bloomers in previous years, so it is not about genetics. I'll keep monitoring them. If it happens a second time, I will think it is disease... that would be unfortunate, they are very good plants!
Rlc. Cornerstone is quite lovely. But what about that reddish one that is behind your windchimes?
That is Rlc. Siao-Cing Beauty aka not my plant. That plant was loaned to me for the pollinia, which I harvested and have used for a couple of hybridizations already. It is another dark red, vigorous, fragrant Cattleya. I have promised progeny from the crosses to the owner of this plant. It is interesting that you noticed this.....