In response to Nancy's inquiry of "Perhaps someone as a theory about this: My Clowesetum is just beginning to bloom.
It is a cross between Clowesia warczswiczii x Ctsm. expansum. According to any information I've been able to unearth, the Clowesia is fall-blooming, and the Catasetum usually flowers in Spring/Summer. Well, since it is flowering right now (winter, certainly), I am stumped as to how to 'guess' when other crosses in this group of Catasetinae might flower. Can anyone point me towards a reference, or offer a speculation as to how these things work? It is a quite beautiful flower, in any case. Regards - Nancy p.s. then again, Cyc. warczswiczii is allegedly fall-blooming, but insists on flowering each February..." I have a Cat barbatum that bloomed well last summer. Since it's supposed to be a dry winter/deciduous plant I reduced watering this fall to induce the dormancy. The response was to stop growing the leaves and throw out another bloom stem. The inflorescence has been slow growing but is now ready to bloom. They leaves haven't grown any since last fall. I just got into growing a number of Catasetums and Cycnoches last year so I don't have a lot of experience with them. The greatest lesson, I suppose, is to expect the unexpected at least until the plant has been through several years with you. My Clowesia Grace Dunn has been with me for about 9 or 10 years now and goes dormant like clockwork. Gary
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