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01-08-2009, 06:32 AM
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Cattleya guttata alba - worth the wait!
I have waited a very long time for this one. I grew it up from flask and
it has been about 10 years. The plant is quite small still, only 14" tall and tried to bloom with one bud last year which blasted. This year, two truly excellent flowers about 3.5" across. I know the type form can get quite tall; does anyone know if the alba form stays smaller? It is often the case that albas are smaller less hardy plants than their type counterparts, I know, but don't know if this holds true in this species as well. |
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01-08-2009, 05:36 PM
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Cattleya guttata alba - worth the wait!
tenman wrote:
I have waited a very long time for this one. I grew it up from flask and it has been about 10 years. The plant is quite small still, only 14" tall and tried to bloom with one bud last year which blasted. This year, two truly excellent flowers about 3.5" across. I know the type form can get quite tall; does anyone know if the alba form stays smaller? It is often the case that albas are smaller less hardy plants than their type counterparts, I know, but don't know if this holds true in this species as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Very nice! But I don't know about the size of the plant either. Guess you'll find out, LOL! K Barrett |
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01-08-2009, 08:38 PM
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Cattleya guttata alba - worth the wait!
I'd make room for that no matter how tall it may get.
Diana "K Barrett" wrote in message ... tenman wrote: I have waited a very long time for this one. I grew it up from flask and it has been about 10 years. The plant is quite small still, only 14" tall and tried to bloom with one bud last year which blasted. This year, two truly excellent flowers about 3.5" across. I know the type form can get quite tall; does anyone know if the alba form stays smaller? It is often the case that albas are smaller less hardy plants than their type counterparts, I know, but don't know if this holds true in this species as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Very nice! But I don't know about the size of the plant either. Guess you'll find out, LOL! K Barrett |
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02-08-2009, 03:46 PM
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Diana, this picture was originall posted to highwinds and made it
On Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:32:10 -0400 in tenman wrote:
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030806080204010901020902 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have waited a very long time for this one. I grew it up from flask and it has been about 10 years. The plant is quite small still, only 14" tall and tried to bloom with one bud last year which blasted. This year, two truly excellent flowers about 3.5" across. I know the type form can get quite tall; does anyone know if the alba form stays smaller? It is often the case that albas are smaller less hardy plants than their type counterparts, I know, but don't know if this holds true in this species as well. -- Chris Dukes |
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