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Old 09-26-2010, 10:09 PM
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Default Cattleya bowringiana

A friend had this plant in her porch for about twenty years between 1980 and 2000 when she lived in the western part of the island. The plant was in a basket and grew well although the pseudobulbs never attained their full potential. Then my friend moved away and gave it to her sister which took the plant to our capital city San Juan, where it stayed for about seven years. Then her sister moved to the US and the plant was given to me. The plant had many small pseudobulbs when I received it. I will see if I can help it reach its full potential size of between 20 and 30 inch tall pseudobulbs. It may not have the most full of Catt. bowringiana flowers, but it is a really tough survivor. Every September it blooms with several inflorescences but not all necessarily at the same time.
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