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David, how many mature large hybrids can you fit in your window area? I know you have some other Phrags as well. You must have some limit!

I only have a 'Cashen's' x self plant but I think I see the same thing.

Well said, Deborah. You have been a great learner. An "F1 meristem" is a plant produced by culturing the meristem tissue of an original plant. A plant from a meristem of a meristem would usually be called a "secondary meristem-derived plant." As you said, the meristem process has a chance of...

Yep, really thick and well shaped petals. That is a very high yield of keepers.

Fantastic petals. I always wonder whether every trianae has the potential for 3 flowers and what it would take to get there. So many seem to only get 1 or 2.

William, you got, or you produced, a bit more flamea than the original awarded ‘Cashen’s’ displayed. I have a selfing of ‘Cashen’s’ that has strong flamea, so it is therein the genes somewhere.

Congratulations from a fellow Minnesotan and long-term friend of Jerry and Jason at Orchids Limited. I grow in similar basement plant room conditions. I am grateful to have gotten old enough to realize that I need to gradually shrink my orchid collection, but I admit it is emotionally...

What do you think caused the change in coloration from last time? Temperature, light, nutrition? The shape looks excellent.

Yep, just like my plant from the cross.

About 12 cm wide? Excellent color and shape.

I suspect there is good variability of times of flowering, new growths, and rooting in the natural environment. Not healthy for the plant population to all flower the same week. It makes them too vulnerable to weather and predators. We shouldn’t expect to get all of any species to flower at the...

You are suggesting that the temperature change induced the inflorescence to begin growth? It makes sense that it is some combination of day length change and temperature change that does it. If the drop from hot summer to normal autumn occurs, the plant could begin early.

Blooming now David, a little early? What conditions do you think cause the inflorescene to develop?

The following screen shot is from Chadwicks Facebook postings that announces that Hausermann's got an 87 point AM for C. Bob Betts 'White Lightning' this month. Too soon for it to show up on Orchids Pro. Nice news for the many who have this previously unawarded cultivar.

A very reasonable tissue sample. I hope it works.

How much of what tissue is used for the testing?

Wow

You mentioned that some of the plants seemed to climb more on the rhizome. I wondered if the “climber” trait correlated with anything about the flowers?

Do you still see keeping 5-6 and getting rid of the rest?

Great work. Such a complicated Cattleya stew. You have described the role natural selection seems to have played and then humans chopped and mixed things further. I think I am just going to focus on whether I have plants that grow and bloom well and whether I think the flowers are attractive! A...