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Cattleya walkeriana 'Khairul Bariah'
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Arne bought this orchid about a year ago. It came from a piece of very large 'rambling' plant that was once collected from the Brazilian jungle, the Minas Gerais region, a long time ago. We already have a C. walkeriana but it is a coerulea, i.e. bluish form. Arne wanted the more commonly occuring type species, which has flowers that are purple/pink in hue and supposedly have better shape than the coerulea.
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| A) The entire plant in the wooden box in our basement. |
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| B) Close up of each flower bubs. Interesting to see clear droplets of sweet nectar dripping around the petals and stem. It was sweet to the taste! |
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| C) Zooming a single bloom. |
We were both pleasantly surprised when the blooms opened about a week ago because they were unusually round and almost flat. The inflorescence carried not two but three flowers, which is quite unusual for the species. Arne said the flowers are very beautiful and he decided to name the clone after me, Khairul Bariah. A very sweet gesture and much appreciated.
Vegetatively, this orchid differs from most plants of walkeriana Arne has seen earlier. Each of the pseudobulb is much more elongated in shape which makes the entire plant much larger than expected in size with a 'rambling' tendency. This orchid is currently in a wooden basket but its sprawling growth will call for innovative solutions to keep it reasonably compact.
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| D) The entire orchid this weekend. |
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| E) Flowers fully opened and emit fragrance during the day. |
Well, this is my first post for December. Hope you liked it.
Have a good week everyone!
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