First Blooms on 2 different but related Cattleyas

[@pauladixon-williams3246]

Those blooms were beautiful! Loved your video as always! Thank you for sharing🌸

[@plantpropagator]

Thanks for your comment - As you know, I am always happy to share!!

[@Orquideascristy]

They are gorgeous. ❤❤❤

[@plantpropagator]

Thanks for your comment - I really like them too - more blooms coming!!!

[@cynthiamgarner8096]

Gorgeous! Best wishes for outstanding crosses.

[@plantpropagator]

Thanks for your comment - will cross a few flowers tomorrow - decided what I wanted to do today and will make those crosses tomorrow AM - so exciting!!

[@Naturamorpho]

I saw your Mem. Buranapan and thought to myself: those yellow eyes on it's lip, it must have Cattleya warscewiczii in it's background... so I checked and, low and behold, over 10% C. warscewiczii! I can't wait till your own Cattleya hybrids start to come out in bloom, so you can show us the inheritance traits and dominance, all of that kind of insight we only get from a good batch of siblings to give us a notion of proportions!

[@plantpropagator]

Thanks for your comment - not sure that I can grow good batches of seedlings in my limited growing space. I have 30 registered hybrids so far with a lot more coming. If I only grow 10 of each, that is more space than I have for mature plants! So, I need to count on other people growing most of my plants to flowering to get a large sample size on how these are going to look. Sad, but that is how it is.... Luckily, as you have noticed, there are great records on hybrid flowers so that you can see how these traits come through in progeny. I DO love making those hybrids and imagining how they will look!!!

[@Naturamorpho]

@@plantpropagator Unfortunately, the records are a little biased towards the best achieving progeny clones, so we are still in the dark as far as what proportions of what we are to expect from a given cross. By the way, I'm not sure you read my rant reply about these very records, a couple of videos ago. It was erased from the comment section for some reason that I can't imagine...

[@plantpropagator]

@@Naturamorpho I am not sure that I read your previous comment - did I reply to your comment? If not, I may not have seen it. I can remove some comments from my channel but I have not done this in a long time. I do not know where your comment went??... Yes, you are correct - people keep and collect images of the best of the best so the "ugly" flowers get no screen time. I also do not tend to show flowers that I do not like very much. I do try to show the unusual flowers that many other people may not like. But, I do see your point - I will try to remember to ask the other breeders about the flowers/plants that they toss and why.

[@Naturamorpho]

@@plantpropagator No, you didn't answer it. It was about a misidentified hybrid on one of the sites that registers them. I'm not saying which site because maybe that was the reason, YT deletes what may look like spamming... Like mentioning a website.

[@OrchidMarcus]

Very nice flowers! I think I’ve finally figured out how to grow cattleya type in the Midwest. I’ve got my first flower that seems like it’s not going to blast on my LC Busy Bev.

[@plantpropagator]

Congrats on your upcoming flower!! So, what is the secret? When I still lived in the midwest, I was successful with the Catts that I could grow outside in the summer and bring them in to bloom in the winter. The Plant Propagator Jr does the same thing. My sister is close to you and she is just learning to grow orchids after retiring - she could use some help.... Thanks for your comment!!

[@OrchidMarcus]

@ I think I’m late to the party haha. I put mine on my balcony in the summer, it’s north facing, but gets morning and evening sun from the east and west. During winter I keep them indoors inside an Ikea cabinet where they get enough warmth to keep growing.

[@plantpropagator]

@@OrchidMarcus Sounds good - growing without great space can be challenging but you seem to have things under control. I found that windowsill winter gardening worked best for my orchids - maybe because I could not get high enough light intensity under lights back then...