The Corsage Orchid - Cattleya #7

Cattleya (The Corsage Orchid) are among the most commonly grown Orchids, and their culture is often used as the basis for comparison with other types... more

by Winston D Munnings

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The Corsage Orchid - Cattleya #7

Artist

Winston D Munnings

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Photograph - Digital

Description

Cattleya (The Corsage Orchid) are among the most commonly grown Orchids, and their culture is often used as the basis for comparison with other types of Orchids. Like most other cultivated orchids, cattleyas are epiphytes, or air plants. They have well-developed water-storage organs (called pseudobulbs) and large, freshy roots. They should be potted in a porous, free-draining medium. The most commonly used are fir bark, shredded tree-fern fiber, various types of rock, processed coconut fiber and, lately, mixes based on peat moss and perlite. Keep out of cold, dry air while in bloom.

Cattleya is a genus of 42 species of orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America. The genus was named in 1824 by John Lindley after Sir William Cattley, who received and successfully cultivated specimens of Cattleya labiata that were used as packing material in a shipment of other orchids. They are widely known for their large, showy flowers, and were used extensively in hybridization for the cut-flower trade until quite recently.

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May 20th, 2014