Beautiful blooms, Sue - love the yellow throat! Do you have pictures of the whole plant?

Very sweet!
Congrats!

I love crisp white flowers of any kind.
I have a couple of of those around here, somewhere.
But, I just don't give them the proper conditions.
I know, more or less, what they are.
I just don't do it! ;~)

Scott

Very beautiful, Sue. Lovely photography, too. The grey background very sophisticated.

Like Calvin, I'd enjoy seeing a picture of the whole plant.

thanks for looking at the picture. there is not much to the whole plant. when i bought it, it had ( i think) 4 pbulbs.and 1 spike with 4 flowers. now it has 11 pbulbs but only 1 spike. it is in a grey urn type vase. this is the only shot my son took of the whole plant.

sue

Lovely, lovely, especially the lip!!

Sharon

Beautiful! One of my faves, though I don't have one yet... the last time I saw one at a show, somebody grabbed it seconds before I could get my hooks on it. Darn it.

Magnificent and I like the pot! It actually doesn't look that huge - I had heard that these grow to become gigantic which made me sad - but seeing yours gives me hope. If you have the time, I'm sure we'd all love to hear how you're growing this one :D

Great growing sue!

Brooke

I had actually thought that this one would be difficult but it has turned out easier for me than the mini-catts and dens. I had put it in my sunroom in apr. 2007 and brought it into the house end of oct. at which point i stopped fertilizing it. because it had a spike and still had leaves, i kept it moist. In the house, I had put it in the basement 24" under full spectrum florescent tubes (2 x 32watts ). When the flowers started to open, I brought it to the family room - it is now on the fireplace mantle with very indirect light from the window. it had started to spike in july. I used a variety of ferts. - organic and MSU. also superthrive, spray and grow, and worm casting. may have used fish emulsion too, can't remember.
sue

sue I've seen you make reference to the coel. being decidiuous before but I don't know if this is true. I only have two so I'm not that familiar with them and neither of mine go deciduous but lose their leaves when the pbulbs get old. Both of mine have had leaves on the same pbulbs for two years. I only lose a leaf on occasion.

As I said, I haven't had much experience with them and just now have one with a spike. I blasted two spikes this fall :>( I hope the new ones make it.

Why not ask on the discussion forum and get the scoop - for both of us :>)

Brooke

hello, Brooke, I hope that your spike makes it too. the flowers are beautiful and the scent is very pleasant: to me, it is somewhat like jasmine, only more subtle. I got the impression that it is decidiuous from the vendor. I may have misunderstood him. I will ask him about it again when i see him.
sue

hello, Brooke, my curiosity on the question you brought up got me intrigue as to what everyone's opinion would be so I did some reading on the web and posted the question.
sue