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Old 12-01-2022, 06:46 PM
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cute (less than 1 inch size) little cattleya, took it out of shade house and 2 blooms were promptly pollinated by something... mounted on a small piece of tree fern, would not be alive in my care if it was potted.
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...would not be alive in my care if it was potted.
Why not?
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It's a great little species. I have only grown it mounted, and it seems to do really well that way. I have noticed that it does sometimes get pollinated, maybe a hummingbird taking a taste, or else just a selfing (which happens a lot)
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Why not?
as a founding member of the "overwaterers anonymous foundation" i enjoy watering my plants even though I know full well that they should not be watered nearly as much. So plants that REALLY need a solid dry in after each watering react negatively to my affection, this is one of those plants. the other is cattleya aclandiae. I have 3 pieces of C Theresa Ricci (25% nodosa x 75 % aclandiae) mounted on cork that I thought for sure were going to die and enjoy the lack of water and one of the three bloomed recently, the other two are alive and putting out new roots and growth,
In South Florida climate I had just put the aclandiae, and cernua,in bare baskets and then could still over watered and they dried fairly quickly without consequence. In North Fla I mount these plants to a piece tree fern and hang them up high.
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I see you are in Florida.
In my case that's the opposite. If mounted, it will dry (plant also ).
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These are really pretty.
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