Cattleya f.k.a. walkeriana fma. alba 'Pendentive' AM/AOS

[Guldal]

I just bought this plant under its former name - with 3 lovely flowers and a nice flowery scent, rosey with a hint of lemon.
I've read that 'Pendentive' now by many are condidered C. x dolosa (loddigesii x walkeriana). I wonder whether my newbie even is a more complex hybrid?
Whatever its true identity: I like it!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Congrats!

 

[Ozpaph]

these are so 'messed up' you/we will never know the try identity until they are DNA tested (if the species can be told apart)

 

[TyroneGenade]

Such huge flower a relative to the plant! Most impressive.

 

[abax]

This Catt. is always impressive whatever it's called.
Now you'll have to repot when the blooms are gone.
Na na nah nah! And don't take is beauty to your
office.

 

[Guldal]

...you'll have to repot when the blooms are gone.
Na na nah nah! And don't take is beauty to your
office.

It's already in my office! I will enjoy this flowering as long as I can - and then look forward to repot it (an activity I quite enjoy - I find it relaxing and a nice way to get more in touch - in a rather litterate meaning - with the plants!)

 

[My Green Pets]

very pretty, hope it smells nice too

 

[abax]

I enjoy repotting as well. I don't like cleaning up the mess I make
in my greenhouse.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

I enjoy repotting as well. I don't like cleaning up the mess I make
in my greenhouse.

Both you and Jens are welcome here to repot my cattleyas lol.

 

[abax]

I'll repot and you clean up the mess I make. ;>)

 

[Ozpaph]

i find repotting very therapeutic - but not after 5 days when my fingers are cut and bruised!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

i find repotting very therapeutic - but not after 5 days when my fingers are cut and bruised!

Non-latex nitrile (un-powdered) black gloves work really well! Easy delivery to your door from Amazon lol. Your hands will love you for it.

 

[Guldal]

i find repotting very therapeutic - but not after 5 days when my fingers are cut and bruised!

My immediate thought was 'somebody has too many plants'...but then it slowly dawned upon me: thank God for my inorganic growth medium! (my plants only need repotting, when I get them, when they grow out of their pots, or sometimes when something has gone wrong and I try to save them by transferring them to a smaller pot, than before. This of course, when I flush the media thouroghly ca. once every month)

 

[DrLeslieEe]

I'll repot and you clean up the mess I make. ;>)

Deal!!!

 

[Phaladdict]

It's already in my office! I will enjoy this flowering as long as I can - and then look forward to repot it (an activity I quite enjoy - I find it relaxing and a nice way to get more in touch - in a rather litterate meaning - with the plants!)

I agree with you with repotting everything but cattleya, cattleya can be a pain to repot: roots clinging everywhere, broken pots, roots on neighbor pots or attached to benches and all, very nice pendentive!

 

[Ozpaph]

one can never have too many plants!

 

[KateL]

Gorgeous!

 

[GuRu]

Lovely flowers and well grown plant. As to the name of the plant maybe you've heard of Walter Richter the great German gardener, orchid breeder and book author. I had the luck to know him in personal. He once said analogously....The most important thing is if you own and like a plant....to grow it well. Many want to write a name on the tag too, that's normal but not the most importat thing. Names are man made and are changing sometimes. Nature doesn't know names........ Maybe that's a bit of consolation.

 

[Phred]

Am I correct that I heard ‘Pendentive’ was the result of an ‘Orchidglade’ selfing?

 

[Stone]

Am I correct that I heard ‘Pendentive’ was the result of an ‘Orchidglade’ selfing?

Yes I think so. And I'm pretty sure I read Orchidglade was collected from the wild. Which makes Pendentive pretty much a natural plant as well.
There has been some work done but nothing concrete yet. Selfings of Pendentive don't seem to show much variation. I wonder if Orchidglade was a loddigessii x walkeriana x walkeriana?
https://www.researchgate.net/public...ved_Cattleya_walkeriana_Gardner_famous_clones