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Lc. Memoria Robert Strait var. Blue Hawaii AM/AOS

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Grower is Riccardo Michieletto

Located in Venezia, Italy


(walkeriana x Wayndora)
Cross:
Cattleya walkeriana × Cattleya Wayndora
Variety:
Blue Hawaii
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Awards:
AM/AOS
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Description: The best LC in my collection, i own it from 2022, it's a huge plant with more than 24 bulbs, most of all grown by me, exclusively monofoliate, blooms every year around November. Flowers are large, around 10 to 12 cm wide, each one is different, but similar to the "brothers" Colour is Pearl White with a purple flame (different for each flower) on the very tip of petals, sepals are greeny pearly-white with a shiny appearance and a central pink/violet light shade. Labellum is very prominent, solid bright purple-fuxia, wide open with the column exposed, edges are wavy and lightly fringed. Around the column there is a light yellowy-green shade in contrast with the solid color of labellum. It develop 3 flowers per spike contained in a sheat that grows immediately as the main leaf opens. Is lovely Scented with an intense sweet floral perfume.
Culture: Very Strong plant, can stand temperatures from 10°C up to 35° without any problem. During summer i keep it outside North/east side depending on the month (and daily temperatures that needs to be not much "hot" it likes "cool" environment. Resist direct sunlight, need bright light all year and a good amount of water an fertilizer especially during summer. After watering needs to dry quickly. Mounted on o slab of wood actually produces more than 10 pseudobulbs and per year almost continuously and a lot of roots during all year, anytime you can see bulbs of different ages all at once. Blooms exclusively during November on bulbs born and grown during the summer, flowers lasts up to 45 days.

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