WaterWitchin's Bloomers

[DirtyCoconuts]

If you hang it above you in a basket won’t they be optimally positioned?

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

If you hang it above you in a basket won’t they be optimally positioned?

Well, yes, but it always blooms when it's too cold to be outside. And I have a similar addiction to houseplants; every window that can have hanging plants is already full. And I have LOTS of windows.

I used to also put some hooks in the ceiling, but we have lath and plaster walls/ceilings. After I messed up a few big chunks of ceiling and had to replaster, my husband told me to cease and desist. He never discourages me and never says something like that lightly, so I presumed he really meant it.

I keep it on a tall end table by the couch when it's in bloom, and just lay down and stare at it.

[DirtyCoconuts]

I like that other people lay on the floor for fun. For me it mostly has to do with being drunk and wrestling dogs

[WaterWitchin]

Really nice bloomers goin' on today... been at it awhile, but picking up speed quickly. Criminal mug shots on this one, both frontal and side views.

Den Love Memory 'Fizz'





Some say it's fragrant. I can't smell anything, but I have year 'round allergies. Sniff. This is a super easy Den for a beginner. I've had this one for years... well, I've kept divisions of it for years. The original is long gone. It's one I divide off every few years and give to someone starting out to induce their orchid addiction pheromones.

[DirtyCoconuts]

excellent!

[Leafmite]

All of them are very, very nice!

[WaterWitchin]

Today's WaterWitchin Bloomers is one of her favorite pair. I just love the Ondontoglossums, and some of its hybrids (Alicerea/Beallara)

This is Rossioglossum Rawdon Jester 'Great Bee.' (Try saying Rossioglossum Rawdon three times real fast.)





It's been in bloom for around two weeks now, and still looks fresh.

[JScott]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Today's WaterWitchin Bloomers is one of her favorite pair. I just love the Ondontoglossums, and some of its hybrids (Alicerea/Beallara)

This is Rossioglossum Rawdon Jester 'Great Bee.' (Try saying Rossioglossum Rawdon three times real fast.)





It's been in bloom for around two weeks now, and still looks fresh.

I have always desperately wanted this plant, but my understanding is that it is a cool grower, so I never bought one. What kind of temperatures does yours endure? I think I certainly couldn't put it outside with the others in the summer, when we regularly have days in the 90s, but what if I kept it in the house during the summer and just put it outside for a bit in the spring and a bit in the fall. I could keep it real close to the window in the winter where it stays cooler, but in the summer it would just be at room temperature constantly, about 68 degrees. How do you get yours to thrive like that?

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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Okeydoke, wanna see some more of my Bloomers? Today I've chosen a vibrant orange, and another one that's very droopy.

Lc. Trick or Treat 'Orange Beauty' (Lc, now known as Cattlianthe)

This is a small division of the very first Lc I ever grew, and first gift from a breeder who's become a very good friend over the years, and one of my favorite Lc's period. It was specimen size for years (pretty sure I got it in 2007, and it used to be in a huge punch bowl probably 18" across. I kept sharing it, and now it's down to this. Gotta stop sharing for awhile. Oh, and also notice the dried sheath on the right hand side. Grrrrr.




Notice the different coloration between the front view of next two pics. That's really how they each look.





Now here's one of my droopy bloomers. Den. Little Atro. It has twelve spikes this year, and appears maybe two more coming on. This is one of the more disappointing Den's I grow, not because it doesn't thrive, but it's one of those impossible to take pictures of, impossible to enjoy unless you're laying on the floor blooms. My breeder friend says they've been working on that droop for years, and still haven't gotten too far with a better form.



And here's me kneeling on the kitchen floor, attempting to take a better picture, while holding back two of the canes. It reminds me of a Catt species I have that's much smaller, but just as droopy.

They're all fantastic, but that LC Trick or Treat just takes my breath away.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by JScott

I have always desperately wanted this plant, but my understanding is that it is a cool grower, so I never bought one. What kind of temperatures does yours endure? I think I certainly couldn't put it outside with the others in the summer, when we regularly have days in the 90s, but what if I kept it in the house during the summer and just put it outside for a bit in the spring and a bit in the fall. I could keep it real close to the window in the winter where it stays cooler, but in the summer it would just be at room temperature constantly, about 68 degrees. How do you get yours to thrive like that?

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They're all fantastic, but that LC Trick or Treat just takes my breath away.

Well, it's a high cool to low intermediate grower... guessing 55F night to max 70ishF day. No, I can't keep it outside in summer. LOTS of temps over that here. I usually don't bother putting it outside since it's not a high light intensity plant to begin with. It lives either in the BatCave under lights or in a window in sunroom. To get it blooming, I just make sure it gets a 10-15 degree day/night change for a few weeks. It's usually a later bloomer, but I was conditioning some cymbs in the BatCave so stuck it in with them. Otherwise it would be a bit later.

Sounds like you run your AC cooler than we do. 68F wouldn't be a problem.

And yeah, that Trick or Treat is a division off one of the earliest Catt types I ever had. It's a tough one, to survive my early orchid years learning curve.
If you get one, get the 'Orange Beauty,' as it's a much nicer cross than some.

[JScott]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Well, it's a high cool to low intermediate grower... guessing 55F night to max 70ishF day. No, I can't keep it outside in summer. LOTS of temps over that here. I usually don't bother putting it outside since it's not a high light intensity plant to begin with. It lives either in the BatCave under lights or in a window in sunroom. To get it blooming, I just make sure it gets a 10-15 degree day/night change for a few weeks. It's usually a later bloomer, but I was conditioning some cymbs in the BatCave so stuck it in with them. Otherwise it would be a bit later.

Sounds like you run your AC cooler than we do. 68F wouldn't be a problem.

And yeah, that Trick or Treat is a division off one of the earliest Catt types I ever had. It's a tough one, to survive my early orchid years learning curve.
If you get one, get the 'Orange Beauty,' as it's a much nicer cross than some.

My first orchid that was not a grocery store Phal was SLC (at the time, now CTT) Jewel Box 'Scheherazade'. There were some ups and downs, but I never managed to completely kill it, and my Jewel Box that I have now is a division of that first plant I got, nearly 30 years ago.