A wee little miniature: Cattleya luteola
http://littlefrogfarm.com/images/Cattleya-luteola.jpg

And a big old complex:
http://littlefrogfarm.com/images/Blc-Eve-Marie-Barnett.jpg
Blc. Eve Marie Barnett "Magnificent Watermelon Gold" FCC/AOS
(Lc. Lisa Ann x Blc. Golden Embers)

I am definitely learning to appreciate the little orchids, if only because I can keep more of them in the same space.
Rob, that luteola almost looks like a Phal with it's petals. Very nice. Are they hard to grow?

That is really tiny! Very nice.

I am definitely learning to appreciate the little orchids, if only because I can keep more of them in the same space.
Rob, that luteola almost looks like a Phal with it's petals. Very nice. Are they hard to grow?

No, they are easy. Grows just like a phal, actually. A little warmer and shadier than most cattleyas.

Rob

Very nice Rob, love the wee one, and the floofball has a perfect name!!

i like the small one but they are both nice :clap:

Lovely, both of them, the Blc. Eve Marie Barnett has stunning colouring. really does look like watermelon.

both are nice...but I really like the second one :clap:

Beautiful! Luteola is a nice cattleya for anyone with space restrictions. Mine is in bud again as well. Both very well bloomed! Does your luteola have that warm vinyl scent to it?

Don't let my wife see the Barnett.

She'll start looking around the GH for stuff I've snuck in :Shh:

She'll start looking around the GH for stuff I've snuck in :Shh:

God we're so bad!!!
:D

Beautiful! Luteola is a nice cattleya for anyone with space restrictions. Mine is in bud again as well. Both very well bloomed! Does your luteola have that warm vinyl scent to it?

Warm vinyl... I'll have to smell it tonight when I get home. I'm not sure that is a good smell though. Reminds me of the wine listing where the bottle was toted as having 'an aroma of wet stones'. a) what do wet stones smell like and b) why would I want that in my wine?

Very cool little guy! Is the little one fragrant?

littlefrog,

I love em both!

Thanks

Warm vinyl... I'll have to smell it tonight when I get home. I'm not sure that is a good smell though. Reminds me of the wine listing where the bottle was toted as having 'an aroma of wet stones'. a) what do wet stones smell like and b) why would I want that in my wine?

So Rob, does it smell like warm vinyl? :poke:
I read a description of a sake in a Japanese restaurant that described the fruity frangrance as being like a young girl running through a meadow. :D

Warm vinyl... I'll have to smell it tonight when I get home. I'm not sure that is a good smell though. Reminds me of the wine listing where the bottle was toted as having 'an aroma of wet stones'. a) what do wet stones smell like and b) why would I want that in my wine?

So Rob, does it smell like warm vinyl? :poke:
I read a description of a sake in a Japanese restaurant that described the fruity frangrance as being like a young girl running through a meadow. :D
Forgot to sniff it...

I hope that description sounds better in japanese...