New Cattleyas

[Tinkerbell]

I am so excited I got new Cattleya's today! WEEE
I repotted all of them and they look healthy. I have never had this type of
orchids before. Any advice would be apperciated. Here are their pics
the first one is called Ronalds Canyon Ko Ko Head AKA/ AOS
The next one is Ching Hua Red Rose
And the last one is HKNSA Sogo Doll Little Angel

[kmarch]

Hi Tinker...

They do look quite nice! And it looks like your repotting job is pretty good too. The last one looks a little deep for my taste but it may just be the photo.

I think you'll find them pretty easy to grow in the house. My cattleyas do well on my windowsill and bloom regularly.

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

Any advice would be apperciated.

Go to the American Orchid Society or look in the culture section of this forum for cattleya culture sheets. They will give pretty complete instructions on what conditions cattleyas like. After you've read them let us know if you have any questions.

Unfortunately your plants' name tags are pretty messed up, missing parts of names and other problems.

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

the first one is called Ronalds Canyon Ko Ko Head AKA/ AOS

This one should be:
Rhynchosophrocattleya Ronald's Canyon 'Koko Head' AM/AOS

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

The next one is Ching Hua Red Rose

This one should be:
Rhynchosophrocattleya Ching Hua Flame 'Red Rose'

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

And the last one is HKNSA Sogo Doll Little Angel

And the correct name for this one is:
Gratrixara Sogo Doll 'Little Angel' AM/OSROC

Feel free to just replace the old name tags with the corrected ones.



Oh and please, please, please post lovely pics of them when they bloom. They're going to be pretty.

[BunnytheOrchid]

Hooray Cattleyas! Good luck with the growing!

[evagentry]

Congratulations on something new to try! I am sure if you read the culture sheets Kmarch suggested you should have few problems with your orchids,good luck!

[exasperatus2002]

I love Cattleyas and Im glad I took 2 yrs of latin in high school but even for me, Cattleyas are a mouth full!!

Kmarch...were they recently revised? When I look for Rhynchosophrocattleya Ching Hua Flame 'Red Rose', I can only find Potinara Ching Hua Flame 'Red Rose'.
Very nice looking flower.

[Tobi]

In early 2007, the RHS implemented genus changes stemed primarily from newly
discovered DNA analysis.
Rhynchosophrocattleya [Rsc.] = Cattleya x Rhyncholaelia x Sophronitis.
Personally I think they thought Potinara Ching Hua Flame 'Red Rose' was too easy
to pronounce.

[sandra]

I know the feeling, very exciting! Cattleyas, my favorite. Enjoy!

Originally Posted by Tobi

Personally I think they thought Potinara Ching Hua Flame 'Red Rose' was too easy
to pronounce.

[Orchidity]

I received three new Cattleya hybrids this week too, brings my grand total up to 4. One has buds, which is a pleasant surprise, a Green Emerald 'Orchid Queen' AM/AOS.

Yippee!

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by exasperatus2002

Kmarch...were they recently revised?

It depends on what constitutes "recently." Taxonomists have been hard at work shifting things around for many years now. The shifting of the Brazilian laelias from the genus Laelia to Sophronites was first introduced about 5 years ago as I recall. I think it was about 6-8 months ago when these and other changes in the Cattleya Alliance were incorporated into Monocots and the RHS registry.

[Tinkerbell]

Thanks so much! I have them at a window, and I will check out those sites.
I will post pic's when they bloom

[Tinkerbell]

Also Kmarch thanks for the info on the tags, I will re-tag them.