BLC "Steve Stevenson Ponkan" x BLC Goldenzelle "Lemon Chiffon"

We often refer to this one as lemon chiffon. It came from someone at Steven's work. It was potted in a plastic pot with pebbles, but the pot was looking ratty and it kept tipping over, so we repotted it shortly after getting it. We potted it into a 6" wooden basket with standard bark mix. It made a couple of nice new growths last year and lots of new roots (of course many of which are outside the basket). We've realized that the cattleyas seem to like putting a lot of roots outside the basket, which doesn't seem to both them any, but it bothers us because we worry the roots will dehydrate and die and it also makes repotting a giant pain. It has been doing well in it's new home though. It also got scale cooties when we had the outbreak and sulked a little bit. We haven't ever seen it flower; it might not be big enough yet it only has 4 pseudobulbs with leaves and 2 old backbulbs. It really didn't grow at all during the winter, but it is back in the saddle again this spring. So far so good. I also mist its outside the basket roots with fertilizer water on lots of days when I spray my vandas. I water it when the medium dries out all the way and fertilize weekly.