Cattleya bowringiana coerulea

[dodidoki]

30 flowers on 2 stems.

 

[monocotman]

Excellent blooming!

 

[Duck Slipper]

Goodness gracious!

 

[big923cattleya]

Just about what I expected. Another fantastically grown plant!!
Normally images do not correctly display the true beauty and color of the blooms. That is not the case here!!! Just gorgeous.

 

[terryros]

Istvan, I have always stayed away from this species because of its height. Will you please measure from the bench to the top of the flowers for me so I can be reassured that it is too tall for my conditions!

 

[Ozpaph]

lovely.

 

[dodidoki]

From the rhizome to the top of the flower stem hight is cca 70 cm.

 

[terryros]

From the rhizome to the top of the flower stem hight is cca 70 cm.View attachment 43184

Wonderful picture and great proof that I can’t grow these indoors under my lights! This is a greenhouse Cattleya.

 

[BrucherT]

Want to toss in a comment about height: don’t these species grow hanging down in nature? Why don’t we do that?

 

[dodidoki]

Want to toss in a comment about height: don’t these species grow hanging down in nature? Why don’t we do that?

From Chadwick:
" Cattleya bowringiana is a remarkably adaptable plant. It can be found thriving as a lithophyte in rocky ravines, with the plants matted to the bare rocks in full sun. It is found growing as a terrestrial on quartz sand along rapidly flowing streams, and, as a typical epiphyte, on large tropical trees. Plants grow at altitudes from a few hundred feet above sea level to as high as 3,500 feet. "
As I mean well plants don t hang downwards in habitat.

 

[dodidoki]

Want to toss in a comment about height: don’t these species grow hanging down in nature? Why don’t we do that?

Here is an in situ pic from net.

 

[hkunberger]

Congratulations! What a beauty!