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Cattleya Orchid Plants - Why They Are Not Popular
By Robert Roy, Fri Dec 9th

Cattleya Orchid Plants - Why They Are Not Popular
By Robert Roy, Fri Dec 9th

How popular is the cattleya orchid plants? Is it grown byhobbyists or not? How big is the flower? Before we get into theanswers for these and other questions let's look at a bit ofhistory of the cattleya. It is fascinating! Cattleya orchidshave been named since the early 19th century. The earliest namedcattleya was the Cattleya labiata. Since then there has been amystique about them. From the hobbyist perspective they areprobably the most popular plant. The cattleya orchid plants haveone of the largest flowers, 5 inches across. They are harder togrow as most of them flower only once per year. And the flowerslast only about 2 - 3 weeks. Although the hobbyists are the onesparticularly taken with cattleya plants now. They are becomingpopular with non-hobbyist because of the size of the flower.These large flowers are exquisite and unique for corsages. Forthe cattleya orchid plants to become a main-stay of orchidsseveral things are happening today. The new hybrids are lastinglonger and they are blooming more than once per year. It hasbeen shown that the orchids now can be bred for more frequentblooming. This is important for the non-hobbyist who doesn'twant the plant to be just leaves for 49 weeks a year. Cattleyaorchids also will show the flower for more than 2-3 weeks andsome of the hybrids have been shown to have flowers for up to 5-6 weeks. Blooming more than once per year is important

andactually has sponned another sub-industry. Some of the nurseriesacross the country will "board" your cattleya between bloomingseasons. Currently the orchid registry in England has not addedmany hybrids. Over the last 100+ years the numbers have beenessentially stagnant. This means these orchid plants have beenprimarily in the hands of hobbyists and not the general public.Cattleya must be easier for folks to grow because most of us donot enjoy the benefits of a greenhouse. Indeed, cattleya orchidplants growers have been making some good progress in thefrequency of cattleya blooming frequency and increasing thelength of time that the flowers stay in bloom. I feel it will beover the next 2 - 5 years you will see the popularity of thesebeautiful plants increase.

About the author:Bob Roy enjoys orchid plants and the great color combinationthey have. Subscribe to the Orchidaceae Newsletter and get yourmini-ebook, "All About Orchids" plus a 10% discount on an orchidplant at http://www.orchids-plus-more.com/orchidaceae.html

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