I figured I should post a pic of the unnamed white catt from Stewart's,
http://www.orchidtrek.com/whtcatt.jpg

K

"K Barrett" wrote in message
news:OoKAb.450519$HS4.3529225@attbi_s01...
I think I said this already, but I forget, and its on a different subject
from what the original poster asked but here goes anyway. Another blooming
fool is Blc George King 'Serendipity'. Always a nice flower, always blooms
no matter how much I ignore it. I use a pelletized fertilizer in the
medium
because I usually forget to fertilize, so that must be the reason why it
blooms for me. As you all know my hands are stained brown with the sap of
all the orchids I've killed. But anyway it is a flower that always blooms
with good form, good color, good size, and good flower count.

There aren't many bullet proof plants in my collection. Most are species
or
others that I collected because they were difficult. Like I said, early on
I
mistakenly thought that if an orchid bloomed easily under my conditions
then
it *had* to be no good, too common or not fancy enough. I mean, what sort
of
an orchid would actually *like* me? Sort of like why join a club that
would
want you for a member? So I have a bunch of stuff that you either have to
tweak or pamper or otherwise sacrifice virgins to the gods in order to get
them to bloom. Pah!

Iwan. Apple Blossom is another. Pleasant fragrance, nice flower. I don't
like the tall spike, but when I had it it was one that my friends always
oohed and ahhed over. They never understood the warty paph or dinky
bulbophyllum. But boy those Apple Blossoms!

Needless to say my collection is currently in a state of flux.

Anyone else have stuff they are always happy with?

Oh plus there's an unnamed hybrid I got from Stewart's a few years back
thats' Blc Old Whitey x Sierra Blanca. Always grows, always blooms. Nice
white flower, good shape. Good size. I doubt Stewart's would have any more
of them per se, but they still have similar stuff on their website.

K

"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 23:10:49 GMT, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote:

Second Kathy on the Princess Mikasa. It's a blooming fool! The
longest
ours has ever gone without a spike working is a couple of weeks.

Lots of sun, though, and plenty of water and food, Chris.

Diana


Ascda. Princess Mikasa is the easiest Ascda (vanda style) thing I
have grown and bloomed. If you have trouble blooming it you will
have trouble with other vandaceous and it is time to stick to
Phal or Doritis crosses.

I am surprised that with a 70-70 day and night temp. you are
getting spikes. Or are you saying if it is 70 during the day it
will drop to 60 at night and it is 80 during the day it will drop
to 70 at night? It is the 10 degree shift that is important,
more than where the temp. is after the shift.

Your apt to be more successful with mini cym or Chinese Cym than
with the standards. The Standards need - no DEMAND the temp.
drop to set buds. They are notorious for promising a spike only
to produce a new growth when that green point unfurls. Cym
Golden Elf is one of the Minis that is reliable and will often
bloom twice a year. Once mid-summer.

People I knew with standard cym. left them outside until they
were snow covered to get the proper chill. Then they would bring
them into the gh and hope. If you had a killing frost ahead of
the snow -- you lost the entire bet.

SuE
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