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The Mini-Catts are plants that will stay under 6” tall and bloom in a 3”-4” pot. It is not uncommon for mini-cats to bloom twice a year. The modern breeding has developed surprisingly nice improvements where the plants are heat tolerant, produce large flowers, have brilliant colors and superb flower shape. There is always space for one more of these in every collection.
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Compact growing Cattleyas have gained considerable interest with hobbyist for some important reasons.
- Plants will stay under 12” tall and bloom in 4”- 5” pots.
- They are space savings so with more plants per sq. ft. makes for more flowers per sq. ft.
- Flowers are appealing, with large size and wide range of colors.
- New hybrids are bred to carry the flowers well, on strong stems that don’t require staking.
- They grow well under a wide range of cultural conditions.
The crosses listed represent the most modern breeding available, with many outstanding hybrids having great potential. I have spent hours described the potential of the offspring, so read on!
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These standard size Cattleyas will mature at 12” to 24” tall. They possess the similar growth habit of “Compact Cattleyas”, just taller. These are bred to have strong stems caring 5 or more flowers and will be very impressive when blooming at mature size. These make excellent display plants for orchid shows and most will bloom during the spring show season.
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Spotted flowers have been a favorite of mine for years. Seeing those wonderful spots in the heat of summer is a spectacular sight. Today the development of spotted breeding includes flowers that bloom in a wide range of color choices. SVO is renowned for its breeding of yellow flowers with red spots and the new line of spotted coerulea flower crosses are not to be missed.
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In Cattleyas the ‘coerulea’ color or ‘blue’ as it is referred to, is very intriguing and rare in nature. In the early years of blue breeding there were not many known species, so breeding was limited to a few possibilities. Today, we have many species and hybrids to breed with, and the quality of blue flowers has been improving rapidly. Don’t miss the spotted blue crosses…These are a great addition for the discriminating collector.
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Collecting select and awarded Cattleya species has been a passion of mine for many years. The collection now contains over 700 selected plants! Recently, I started breeding the “best of the best” in an effort to provide these superior and often hard to find Cattleya species available for the hobbyist.
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