Cattleya

I want to be honest: I'm not getting great results with Cattleya and I'm not entirely sure why. aerial root desiccation in dry centrally heated rooms has been a recurring problem despite my attempts to address it. I've been focusing on repotting into fresh bark medium every two or three years based …

Someone gave me Cattleya as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was feeding with a half-strength orchid fertiliser weekly in summer — once that clicked, the plan…

I started with one Cattleya and now have four, all from propagation. The process is straightforward once you understand watering by soaking the pot then letting it drain fully — something I picked up from trial and error rather than any guide. I display them in a bright bathroom with natural humidi…