unexpected sheath found just a minute ago

[johnblagg]

A cattleya intermedia I got in june and mounted has decided to bloom ....well I certinly hope I see it go all the way to blooms without blasting.

It has been growing fair with two new leads prouduced this summer and just about a month ago this one came along just after for some odd reason the entire plant decided to turn loose of the mount and had to be retied.....

I finaly got Physan 20 about a month ago and did spray everything jst as a prevention measure and the new roots on everything seem much sturdier now including this one.I was seeing the beginning of some winter black crud on a few new growths and decided I have to go with a good fungicide instead of toying around with them this winter since several do have sheaths and LOL I want to see the sheaths grow well.

Surprisingly to me the sheath on this one is bigger than the sheaths on several of my bigger plants so It is without a doubt the happiest out of the lot and is well on the way to convincing me I may need to grow more mounted plants