On 22 May 2005 06:04:50 -0700, "bob" wrote:

Hi again sue;

Forgot to maention that there was a plastic insert in the original pot
(2") It said (Blc Fred Stewart- Pot Ikuko Akatsuka).
Th pinted matetr that was stapled to the plant cover saying " large
dark purpl-new hybred cattaleya orchid". There is a picture that can
make anyone drool.
I labled the plastic sticker with the date of transplant
Bob

It belongs to a cross registered in 1991 by Akatsuka Orchid
Gardens. There has been one plant from that cross awarded, It
was in Texas in the fall of 1990 and the flowers were described
as: solid cerise-magenta; petals and lip lightly ruffled; lip
broadening cone shaped, with light yellow eyes and stippling
basally, magenta apically; column cerise-magenta; texture
sparkling.

Since you said it was in a net bag - I believe it is a seedling
and will grow up to be over 8" tall in plant size before it
blooms. This is a very large generalization. So keep it healthy
and growing strong, with enough light it will bloom earlier. But
you are undoubtedly looking at 2-4 years of growing.

Good growing.
SuE
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