Just bought a new Catt

[rbarata]

There are mixed culture advise in different sites.
I think to treat it as a Catt and keep monitoring it is a good way. Now spring is comming and I should see some activity starting.

[rbarata]

Update on this one...
New buds are comming out of the sheaths. Not my credit but anyway...it indicates the plant is happy, I think.

[Optimist]

Sweet! Love the color too. It's like Mangoes pineapple, or other tropical fruit.

[rbarata]

Originally Posted by Optimist

Sweet! Love the color too. It's like Mangoes pineapple, or other tropical fruit.

I like it too.
When I bought it there were several plants like this one but in red. Also really pretty but I've found this color more unusual.

[dounoharm]

very pretty! with my experience, anything that looks like a cattleya gets treated like a cattleya. the potinaras and other small ones get shadowed under the larger ones...I think yours looks like it has been too sheltered and not had enough light for the amount of growing it wanted to do...which makes it sort of longer weaker growths....if you can decipher that, lol....one thing I would do, is pull all the old bract paper (cant recall the name for that stuff at the moment) off the stems and rhizomes....anything could hide out there, bugs you probably killed, but disease likes to hide there too...I piddle with them a lot, and I would pull that leaf open very gently...just pop the seal, and it will grow open eventually...doesn't everyone sit and cuddle their plants?

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oh I forgot....those little sheaths are normal as the plant grows, but they are not going to produce...the young baby plants will put out sheaths on every growth sometimes, but you don't get a bloom for about 4-5 years old....so it is normal to see those small sheaths.

[rbarata]

one thing I would do, is pull all the old bract paper (cant recall the name for that stuff at the moment) off the stems and rhizomes....anything could hide out there, bugs you probably killed, but disease likes to hide there too...I piddle with them a lot, and I would pull that leaf open very gently...just pop the seal, and it will grow open eventually...doesn't everyone sit and cuddle their plants?

I had to put it near some of my orchids 'cause I don't have any other place with the correct environment.
Sprayed it with imidacloprid to prevent mites and other pests. Probably not as good as a quarantine but the plant seems healthy, at least visually.

The closed leaf... I opened it already, was "glued" by something I couldn't identify. It opened a little since then but I'm not sure if it will open more than that. It has a dry sheath inside.

[No-Pro-mwa]

I like the color of it, very nice.

[rbarata]

Update on this one...

5 new buds opening
Especially in the right side flower there are some marks in the petals. They are not fully open so I don't know if they'll disappear but, in case they don't, if anyone knows what this can be it will be greatly appreciated.





This bud is twisted 360 deg inside the sheath. I was thinking about cutting the sheath to freed it but decided to give it an opportunity to grow longer. Maybe it will get out completely and go to its natural position towards the light.



Last but not least... new roots

[rbarata]

Should I repot it now?

Although it has new flowers I think now is the time.
They grow on trees or rocks so medium (the pot is small) coarse bark plus leka is what I think to be the way to go.
I'll use a 5,3 in (13,5 cm) plastic pot (currently is in a 4,3 in / 4,3 in). Maybe it's too large but this time I'll drill holes on the side.

[estación seca]

I would wait until the flowers fall. It won't be that much longer. The roots will still be a reasonable length to handle.