Saturday, January 06, 2007

Episode 61 - Good Progress

The Purple Cattleya is growing well. The shoot has two flower buds (the other one is hidding behind and can not been seen in the photo) and are developing. I think it will flower before the Chinese New Year. Hopefully, the flowers will still be in good form in the New Year days.
The White Cattleya is bearing flowers as well. There are 2 flower shoots at the moment. The spotted stem is an indication that the shoot is bearing flower. You can see flower buds growing out from the shoot on the right side of the photo. Although there are at least 2 buds in the shoot, I believe that the plant will, as it did previously, end up with one flower only. This variety of cattleya will give all the food to one flower bud such that it can develop into a large flower. The remaining flower bud(s) will dry up eventually for lack of food. The other spotted stem may not be able to generate flower bud before the first flower is cut down.

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