cattleya violacea alba

[dodidoki]

in bloom

 

[Guldal]

Splendiferous!

 

[Ozpaph]

pristine. Love these

 

[monocotman]

Superb!

 

[Just1more]

Stunning, elegant blooms!

 

[Russ1992]

in bloom

Any culture tips? Clearly you're a master.

 

[Carmella.carey]

Exceptional form!

-Patrick

 

[tomp]

Well done. Wish I could.

 

[GuRu]

Lovely !

 

[terryros]

My one experiment with violacea failed and my reading indicated it is hard to grow and bloom violacea. Did you try for any difference in culture of the plant?

 

[dodidoki]

Very hard to grow, easy to rot, it needs tight pot, dry completely between waterings and needs high humidity but good air movement. This extremely dark winter was very hard for my catts, many of them weakened and got to bad condition till spring. Fortunately now they seem to get well again, non of them died but I have to wait for reblooming for 1-2 years in few cases.

 

[Silverwhisp]

Very hard to grow, easy to rot, it needs tight pot, dry completely between waterings and needs high humidity but good air movement. This extremely dark winter was very hard for my catts, many of them weakened and got to bad condition till spring. Fortunately now they seem to get well again, non of them died but I have to wait for reblooming for 1-2 years in few cases.

In another thread you mentioned a 1-1-1 combination of seedling bark, seramis, and pumice. Do you use that combination for C. violacea also?

 

[dodidoki]

In another thread you mentioned a 1-1-1 combination of seedling bark, seramis, and pumice. Do you use that combination for C. violacea also?

I will answer tomorrow with pics.

 

[dodidoki]

Here is. I keep some of my 2 leafed catts in coarse bark covered by a little paph mix.( aclandiae, violacea and schilleriana}

 

[Silverwhisp]

Thank you. So the C. violacea is in a coarse bark, yet covered by a seedling size bark mix. My seedling bark is 3mm to 6 mm, and coarse is 12 - 18 mm.