On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:02:53 GMT, "K Barrett"
wrote:

*Any* Cattleya out of bloom is just plain ugly! LOL!!

I never thought out of bloom catts were ugle, just uninteresting. As
another poster mentioned, part of the reason some orchids aren't very
attractive out of bloom is the way we force them to grow in pots.
That tall, leggy catt that tends to flop may look out of place in a
pot, but if it was growing on a tree branch the flopping would be
described as cascading and would give the plant a completely different
look.

Me, I think naked catasetum bulbs rank fairly high on the list of ugly
orchids.

deg