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Good minicatts?
Hey everyone,
With my new Orchidarium, I've got the ability to grow some minicatts. Unfortunately, minicatt in the greenhouse world can be a GIANT in my Orchidarium. I was wondering if anyone had advice on *really* small minicatts, under 6" blooming size. I plan on mounting whatever I get, rather than growing in a pot. I have good humidity and a temp range of 60-70 to 80 depending upon how warm it is outside. As we move into winter, my days aren't hitting 76, 78, 80 like they were 2 months ago, but my nights are staying at 60-62. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org |
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Good minicatts?
Sophronitis? S. cernua et al but there's a Soph argh... very small,
coccinea shape...Rubra? (an old name...) anyway J&L has these, but you'd probably do better to get them locally or from Andy's. L alaorii (Alan Koch has these) Or any of the L pumila types - plus the L. dayanas at SBOE looked great.(you had some good one's in your recent page) I mention species becasue I know you are a species nut. What else is fun.... golly I can't think. Most Mini cats are going to be rather big... or sprawly. K Barrett "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Hey everyone, With my new Orchidarium, I've got the ability to grow some minicatts. Unfortunately, minicatt in the greenhouse world can be a GIANT in my Orchidarium. I was wondering if anyone had advice on *really* small minicatts, under 6" blooming size. I plan on mounting whatever I get, rather than growing in a pot. I have good humidity and a temp range of 60-70 to 80 depending upon how warm it is outside. As we move into winter, my days aren't hitting 76, 78, 80 like they were 2 months ago, but my nights are staying at 60-62. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org |
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S wittigiana is what I was thinking of. brevipedunculata is nice too.
Fordyce had some of the best coccineas - a 4N from Japan that he uses in breeding, but maybe a piece escaped into other hands. Fred Shull is selling off his collection, he may have some of these, or at least some advice. Dennis Olivas may have some too. I *think* Fred Shull will be selling at the Paph House's (Fred & Francisco) open house Dec 2. Alan Koch made a hybrid with L praestans and L alaorii that I thought was gorgeous. No name yet. K "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Sophronitis? S. cernua et al but there's a Soph argh... very small, coccinea shape...Rubra? (an old name...) anyway J&L has these, but you'd probably do better to get them locally or from Andy's. L alaorii (Alan Koch has these) Or any of the L pumila types - plus the L. dayanas at SBOE looked great.(you had some good one's in your recent page) I mention species becasue I know you are a species nut. What else is fun.... golly I can't think. Most Mini cats are going to be rather big... or sprawly. K Barrett "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Hey everyone, With my new Orchidarium, I've got the ability to grow some minicatts. Unfortunately, minicatt in the greenhouse world can be a GIANT in my Orchidarium. I was wondering if anyone had advice on *really* small minicatts, under 6" blooming size. I plan on mounting whatever I get, rather than growing in a pot. I have good humidity and a temp range of 60-70 to 80 depending upon how warm it is outside. As we move into winter, my days aren't hitting 76, 78, 80 like they were 2 months ago, but my nights are staying at 60-62. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org |
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:09:47 -0800, "K Barrett"
wrote: S wittigiana is what I was thinking of. brevipedunculata is nice too. Fordyce had some of the best coccineas - a 4N from Japan that he uses in breeding, but maybe a piece escaped into other hands. Fred Shull is selling off his collection, he may have some of these, or at least some advice. Dennis Olivas may have some too. I *think* Fred Shull will be selling at the Paph House's (Fred & Francisco) open house Dec 2. Alan Koch made a hybrid with L praestans and L alaorii that I thought was gorgeous. No name yet. K If you run into Alan he has several primary hybrids that are lovely as well. As does H&R. Either may have a few select clones from the species they keep for breeding, if your tracking things down. Have fun and please show us your new growing space. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids |
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Kathy,
I got a Sophronitis cernua from SBOE ($$$ btw!) I thought my case was too warm for Sophronitis coccinea. Tom Perlite has a bunch of 4N S. coccinea coming out of community pots and he's growing them with his Masdevallias. I have a Laelia alaorii - a division from a plant we had at OrchidMania, originally from Gold Country. You were with me when I got it at Alan's open house a couple years ago! Believe it or not, I'm actually interested in the hybrids. Something I *know* will be easy to grow/bloom. I don't want to fill the case with them, but 3-4-5 would be nice. I'm trying to find a Cattleya luteola - those are supposed to be easy growers/bloomers. Ecuagenera usually brings one or two, but that's the only place I've found them. I was wondering about things like crosses involving C. aclandiae with any of the small growing rupiculous laelias and/or the small sophronitis or C. luteola. Most of those are antique crosses, and I've googled around a bit for them, but no luck. I *love* the brazilian bifoliate catts, and C. aclandiae is one of the smallest growing ones. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Sophronitis? S. cernua et al but there's a Soph argh... very small, coccinea shape...Rubra? (an old name...) anyway J&L has these, but you'd probably do better to get them locally or from Andy's. L alaorii (Alan Koch has these) Or any of the L pumila types - plus the L. dayanas at SBOE looked great.(you had some good one's in your recent page) I mention species becasue I know you are a species nut. What else is fun.... golly I can't think. Most Mini cats are going to be rather big... or sprawly. K Barrett "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Hey everyone, With my new Orchidarium, I've got the ability to grow some minicatts. Unfortunately, minicatt in the greenhouse world can be a GIANT in my Orchidarium. I was wondering if anyone had advice on *really* small minicatts, under 6" blooming size. I plan on mounting whatever I get, rather than growing in a pot. I have good humidity and a temp range of 60-70 to 80 depending upon how warm it is outside. As we move into winter, my days aren't hitting 76, 78, 80 like they were 2 months ago, but my nights are staying at 60-62. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org |
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Good! I forgot you got an L alaorii. I got one too,*G*! Have you any
interest in L lundii? A very small flower, nice stripey lip, but can be mounted. Flower is about 1/2" across (very small), makes a mat of small p/bulbs and flowers. On second thought it may be too small/insignificant to look at. Fordyce's Circle of Life and its progeny are coming into flower now. Very nice stuff. But Kenni might be right about Little Toshie. There's an awarded one on teh Pac Central web page. And if you can find Sierra Doll or any of its offspring (progeny?) they are rewarding. Large flowers for the size of the plant. I think there are a few doll type plants on the Pac central web page (I think they are Slc.s) http://www.aospacificcentral.org The aclandidae crosses I have are sort of large. Let me look and see what I have. I want to say I have a Landate crossed back onto aclandiae, and I have a something or other 'Black Princess' AM/AOS ( I didn't get that award) but its a smaller sized plant. And a heavily spotted flower. I got it from Scott Dallas. Both these bloom better when their roots hang over the sides of the pot. I've noticed that alot of mini catts are really sprawlly plants. The p/bulbs don't stand up like standard catts do. They sort of lay allover the sides of the pot. The aclandiae stand up better. K "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Kathy, I got a Sophronitis cernua from SBOE ($$$ btw!) I thought my case was too warm for Sophronitis coccinea. Tom Perlite has a bunch of 4N S. coccinea coming out of community pots and he's growing them with his Masdevallias. I have a Laelia alaorii - a division from a plant we had at OrchidMania, originally from Gold Country. You were with me when I got it at Alan's open house a couple years ago! Believe it or not, I'm actually interested in the hybrids. Something I *know* will be easy to grow/bloom. I don't want to fill the case with them, but 3-4-5 would be nice. I'm trying to find a Cattleya luteola - those are supposed to be easy growers/bloomers. Ecuagenera usually brings one or two, but that's the only place I've found them. I was wondering about things like crosses involving C. aclandiae with any of the small growing rupiculous laelias and/or the small sophronitis or C. luteola. Most of those are antique crosses, and I've googled around a bit for them, but no luck. I *love* the brazilian bifoliate catts, and C. aclandiae is one of the smallest growing ones. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org "K Barrett" wrote in message ... Sophronitis? S. cernua et al but there's a Soph argh... very small, coccinea shape...Rubra? (an old name...) anyway J&L has these, but you'd probably do better to get them locally or from Andy's. L alaorii (Alan Koch has these) Or any of the L pumila types - plus the L. dayanas at SBOE looked great.(you had some good one's in your recent page) I mention species becasue I know you are a species nut. What else is fun.... golly I can't think. Most Mini cats are going to be rather big... or sprawly. K Barrett "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Hey everyone, With my new Orchidarium, I've got the ability to grow some minicatts. Unfortunately, minicatt in the greenhouse world can be a GIANT in my Orchidarium. I was wondering if anyone had advice on *really* small minicatts, under 6" blooming size. I plan on mounting whatever I get, rather than growing in a pot. I have good humidity and a temp range of 60-70 to 80 depending upon how warm it is outside. As we move into winter, my days aren't hitting 76, 78, 80 like they were 2 months ago, but my nights are staying at 60-62. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org |
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Have you asked Alan about C. luteola? I thought he had some.
-danny |
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I think I paid 15 dollars for my specimen S. cernua... They were common
as dirt around here for a while. Drop me a line if you are interested in C. luteola, I think I have several. Some nice hybrids that I like are Sc. Crystelle Smith and Slc. Barefoot Mailman. And Tiny Titan. And... There are lots, actually. Eric Hunt wrote: Kathy, I got a Sophronitis cernua from SBOE ($$$ btw!) I thought my case was too warm for Sophronitis coccinea. Tom Perlite has a bunch of 4N S. coccinea coming out of community pots and he's growing them with his Masdevallias. I have a Laelia alaorii - a division from a plant we had at OrchidMania, originally from Gold Country. You were with me when I got it at Alan's open house a couple years ago! Believe it or not, I'm actually interested in the hybrids. Something I *know* will be easy to grow/bloom. I don't want to fill the case with them, but 3-4-5 would be nice. I'm trying to find a Cattleya luteola - those are supposed to be easy growers/bloomers. Ecuagenera usually brings one or two, but that's the only place I've found them. I was wondering about things like crosses involving C. aclandiae with any of the small growing rupiculous laelias and/or the small sophronitis or C. luteola. Most of those are antique crosses, and I've googled around a bit for them, but no luck. I *love* the brazilian bifoliate catts, and C. aclandiae is one of the smallest growing ones. -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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ATTN Rob: Your mail server is being snippy ( Good minicatts?)
Rob,
Trying to send you email and your mail server is being snippy: : The user does not accept email in non-Western (non-Latin) character sets. Here is the character set it encoded with: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" You might want to check with your mail ISP - a lot of your mail could be getting rejected in this manner. I'm using Outlook 2002. Drop me an email - - I'm interested in some of your stuff! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org "Rob" wrote in message ... I think I paid 15 dollars for my specimen S. cernua... They were common as dirt around here for a while. Drop me a line if you are interested in C. luteola, I think I have several. |
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ATTN Rob: Your mail server is being snippy ( Good minicatts?)
Eric Hunt wrote:
Rob, Trying to send you email and your mail server is being snippy: I'll look into it. Not that I know how I would fix it... Anybody else having a problem getting mail to me? -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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Pot. Little Toshie. There are several clones out there ('Gold Country,'
'Yellow Rose'). Bloomin' idiots! 4-5" tall (including flowers but not including pots). Kenni "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Hey everyone, With my new Orchidarium, I've got the ability to grow some minicatts. Unfortunately, minicatt in the greenhouse world can be a GIANT in my Orchidarium. I was wondering if anyone had advice on *really* small minicatts, under 6" blooming size. I plan on mounting whatever I get, rather than growing in a pot. I have good humidity and a temp range of 60-70 to 80 depending upon how warm it is outside. As we move into winter, my days aren't hitting 76, 78, 80 like they were 2 months ago, but my nights are staying at 60-62. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org |
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Good minicatts?
Eric Hunt wrote:
Hey everyone, With my new Orchidarium, I've got the ability to grow some minicatts. Unfortunately, minicatt in the greenhouse world can be a GIANT in my Orchidarium. I was wondering if anyone had advice on *really* small minicatts, under 6" blooming size. I plan on mounting whatever I get, rather than growing in a pot. I have good humidity and a temp range of 60-70 to 80 depending upon how warm it is outside. As we move into winter, my days aren't hitting 76, 78, 80 like they were 2 months ago, but my nights are staying at 60-62. Thanks! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org If you're mounting, try straight C.walkeriana, C .nobilior, or C.araguaiensis (http://www.orchidcourt.com/araguaiensis.jpg), a giant at about 6-7". I have a lovely walkeriana hybrid, C.walkeriana x C.Summer stars (http://www.orchidcourt.com/summer.jpg), about 6" high, white flowers with a ripe pear fragrance. Many walkeriana hybrids, like Lc.Minipurple (http://www.orchidcourt.com/minipurple.JPG), stay almost as small. Of course with enough light, rupicolous laelias. And I think most of the 'Jungle Spots' type minis are tiny as well. If you like C.luteola, SBOE at one time had C.Luteous Forb (http://www.orchidcourt.com/luteousforb.jpg), a cross with forbesii, still quite tiny and some, like mine, are rather green. My L.rubescens (http://www.orchidcourt.com/rubescens.jpg)stays under 5-6" tall, but the spike can get to 12-14". My C.intermedia amethystina 'Aranbeem (http://www.orchidcourt.com/aranbeem.jpg)is about 7-8" tall max. And if, just for fun, you'd like to slip in a standard catt, my C.Marjorie Hausermann 'York' (http://www.orchidcourt.com/marjoriehauserman.jpg)tops out at 8-9". I have C.loddigesii coerulea at 7" tall, and I believe my C.dolosa runs about 6-7" as well. I have a lovely, tiny Lc.Haw Yuan Angel (http://www.orchidcourt.com/hawyuanangel.jpg)in bloom now which tops out around 4", with a 3" flower. Of course, you could just fill it with paphs and be done with it! |
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Tennis,
Awesome set of recommendations! My favorite is C. araguaiensis, but C. Luteous Forb was quite nice, too. Thanks, I'll be saving these! -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org "tennis maynard" wrote in message . .. If you're mounting, try straight C.walkeriana, C .nobilior, or C.araguaiensis (http://www.orchidcourt.com/araguaiensis.jpg), a giant at |
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