2 Catt. walkeriana's - Orchid Board

isurus79 · #1 06-05-2011, 04:25 PM

So I figured I would show pics of my 2 walkeriana's that are pretty darn happy in s/h. The first one is from H&R that I got some years ago and was mounted. I couldn't ship the log it was attached to from Hawaii to Texas, so I had pull it off and lost a lot of roots in the process. The plant had one new growth at the time and quickly threw 2 more growths once the first root went down into the media. Now there are lots of very fat, white roots from the 3 growths.

The second plant is one I got a few weeks ago from a member (OrchidFlowerChild) here on the OB. The roots are just starting to head down into the media and look great. I water it everyday and I spray the roots several times per day to encourage the roots going down into the media.

FYI- The focus of most of the pics are the roots, not so much the other stuff. Enjoy!

Cattleya #1 (Estrala da Colina x 4N)

Cattleya walkeriana #1 by Isurus79, on Flickr

Cattleya walkeriana #1 by Isurus79, on Flickr

Cattleya #2 (Cedarwood's First AM/AOS)

Cattleya walkeriana #2 by Isurus79, on Flickr

Zoi2 · #2 06-05-2011, 08:34 PM

Very nice!!
Joann

RosieC · #3 06-06-2011, 05:46 AM

Sure do look happy

isurus79 · #4 11-01-2011, 03:11 PM

Here is an update on the larger walkeriana in semi-hydro:

Cattleya walkeriana #1- Update (Nov 1, 2011) by Isurus79, on Flickr

This is to show the second flush of vegetative growth on my walkeriana this year. There are 3 new growths coming in on each of the 3 growths already put out this year, for a total of 6 new pseudobulbs since February 2011. You can see 2 of the growths in this pic, with the largest being the focus of the picture in the middle with candy cane stripes. The second largest growth is somewhat smaller and can be seen in the middle/right part of the picture. The third growth is just an expanded nubbin at this point and is not in the picture.