Mark - Is this the name of the orchid? It's amazing, whatever the name. Whitecat8

Don't know about Doris but you've certainly got the touch with these!

Marci

sorry the corrected name is doris's choice---sorry--thanks marci--but it really isn't that hard-my regimine is hardly rigorous--no major chem. equations, just general care
mark

Love the lip! Is this one fragrant?

like light sweet perfume

Very nice. never seen one like that before. Its nice and fuzzy. lol and smells too!? you lucky guy

Very pretty! Mark, are you finding that any of your ctsms are blooming late this year? My Morm. tuxtlensis (or tuxt cross) is just now setting a spike! Bloomed last July, I think. I ask because I see that you've posted a whole bunch of pics now, which seems a little late, no?

Carolyn

maybe in this global warming world sept-oct is the new august-sept
some of these plants are blooming for a second time
ALTHOUGH----one of my very most reliable august bloomers---the first time it bloomed was in late august of 1992 (just in time for hurrican andrew-the date sticks in my mind for some reason-greenhouse shading blown away, orchids in garage-plants getting sunburnt on the patio-ah yes I remember it well) is now blooming all over my greenhouse in oct( made tons of divisions)
and they come out of dormancy much sooner now than they did years past. Late for some things early for other---I wonder are the plants the canaries in the coal mines?

Gorgeous!! Love those spots, and the artisitic touch of a sprinkling on the lovely lips!

Carol

sure, yeah, I meant to sprinkle on those lovely lips. You must be a real artist Carol, nobody else noticed my sprinkling on those lovely lips. There are such huns on this BB, I thought I was sprinkling for naught. :)
mark

Mark, that's a very pretty flower and a great photo. I believe Catasetums can produce either male or female flowers and sometimes both at the same time. Do you know the sex of this one? and what's been your experience. Peter

Mark, you can do wonders with those orchids-even making sure the sprinking goes on just right! Wow!! (;))

Carol in cool, dark Canada

Peter: You're right. ctsm's can produce flowers that are male, female, and different percentages of male and female on the same flower. Females all look like football (american football) helmets, green with sometimes a little color. This particular cross has never given me anything but a male flower. In my experience when something is a hybred of two different types of ctsm's they are less likely to produce a female flower