If you're looking for actual names, this might be of help! I'm not really sure about the heritage or actual age status all of these. Some of these could be newer ones. I just recently started to get very interested in heritage orchids. I've always been more of a species nut. I still haven't really got into that many hybrids, as of yet! It's a long list, but just a few of the ones that I've understood to be old and perhaps historic Catleyas. I'm in no way an expert on these things. C. amethystoglossa 'Orchidglade' AM/AOS C. bowringiana ÂSplendens C. bowringiana 'Tower Grove' AM/AOS C. dowiana var aurea ÂMeadowlark C. dowiana ÂRosita FCC/RHS C. gaskelliana ÂMagic White Key HCC/AOS C. gaskelliana ÂWhite HeritageÂ, AM/AOS C. guttata leopoldii 'Orchidglade' C. intermedia var orlata 'Crownfox'HCC/AOS C. loddigesii 'Carina' AM/AOS C. loddigesii 'Streeter's Choice'FCC/AOS C. lueddemanniana'Arthur Chadwick' AM/AOS C. lueddemanniana ÂErnestiiÂ, FCC/RHS C. lueddemannianaÂThe QueenÂ, FCC/RHS C. lueddemanniana 'Stanley' FCC/RHS C. mossiae var. Reineckiana 'Young's Variety' C. mossiae 'Willowbrook' FCC/AOS C. percivalianaÂSummitÂFCC/AOS,CCM/AOS C. skinneri 'Emi Dorf' C. skinnerii 'Heity Jacobs' FCC/AOS C. skinnerii'Casa Luna' AM/AOS,SM/JOGA C. schroderae 'The Baron' FCC AOS C. trianaei 'Mooreana' FCC/RHS C. trianaei 'AC Burrage' AM/AOS C. trianaei 'Aranka Germaske'FCC/AOS,CCM/AOS C. walkeriana var alba'Limerick' C. walkeriana var alba 'Pendentive' AM AOS C. warscewiczii 'Firmin Lambeau' FCC/AOS Many of the C. Bow Bells hybrids are older and aren't that common. ie:Cattleya Bob Betts, 'The Virgin' and Cattleya Tiffin Bells, etc. I just bought a Cattleya Tiffin Bells `Orchidglade' AM/AOS. I really tend to go for what I guess are pure species forms, but I've really developed an interest in some of the heritage cultivars. I just don't know that many of the hybrid names. I try to make a note of interesting ones that I read about. I've been looking for a C. maxima 'Virginalis'. I have two different maxima's and have read about some of the others. There are several really cool varieties of them. Scott

quinnfyre, yes the alata is still blooming. The plant has about 20 spikes on it that each rebloom several times so don't cut the 'dead' spikes off. It also has a bunch of cute seed caps as well. The way I grow my little Pleuros is I use those clear plastic $1 shoeboxes (toss the lid). They have enough height to hold in humidity, and the plants are only 1" to 4" tall anyhow. I put the plants in groups into plastic vanda baskets, 6" mostly, which keeps the plants from continually falling over and also holds them up above the bottom of the box where water tends to accumulate. This way, I can keep about 1/4" of water in the bottom to raise the humidity up a bit more than the 50% the greenhouse runs without keeping the plants soggy. To water, pick up the two baskets, hose the plants off, and return to the shoebox. The boxes (I have about four of them) are put to the side of the shoplights on a dim shelf at the back of the GH. They don't need very bright light. I am only using the vanda baskets because I have a stack of them; I didn't buy them for this purpose. Anything else can be used that fits the same type of description; the housewares department in stores have all kinds of possibilities. This is what my baskets look like. I use them for Vandas, too :-) Here is a link that might be useful: Vanda baskets

I finally had time to make a list of my bloomers. Yes it's a lot and no I don't feel guilty having this many to enjoy :>) Phals - cornu-cervi (2), equestris, Taida Sunshine, amboinensis (3) H.P.Norton, bellina (2) gigantea x tetraspis (3) Rothschildiana, Yaphon Lobspis, tetraspis (2) violacea (2) Alice Millard, lindenii, celebensis, deliciosa, lueddemanniana, Joy Micholitzii Lueddie, aphrodite, micholitzii Dens - Mingle's Sapphire, tobaense, macrophyllum, alexanderae, Roy Tokunada Bulbo - septimtriol, arfakianum, grandiflorum, lilacinum Lycaste - Corrimal, Sulphurea, guatemalensis, x niennnesiae, macrophylla ssp macrophylla, dowiana, occulta Phrags - Cardinale, Bowl of Cherries, Wossen, Lucy Robbins, fischerii Psychopsis - Butterfly, krammeriana, papillio alba, Mendenhall Masdies - Angel Frost, Bobcat, ayabacana, Red Wing, Marguerite, amplexa, Morning Glory, Tortoise, Geneva Spots, Anochecer, Heathii, imposter x floribunda, Peaches & Cream, Mauii Gold, Mary Stahl, Measuresiana, Angel Heart, pteroglossa, geminiflora, ludibunda, Hampsshire Prolific (3), infracta, Charisma Odds and Ends - Epi. cochleata, Max. splendens, richi and sophronitis, Scapho peruviana and decorum, Renanthera Singaporeans, Liparis condylobulban, Dendrochillum bicallosum and cobbiana, Drac. lotax, Helpilia Becky Unruh Catts - rubescens, walkeriana cerulea, percivalaniana, labiata, Bow Bells, schroderae, loddigessii, Gold Throat (2) and Goldenzelle 'Lemon Chiffon' Here is the Goldenzelle Bullsie sent this to me a couple of years as a seedling when she was thinning the herd. She also sent me another one, George King Serendipity (I think that's the name) and it is also in bud. Thanks Bullsie, it's a nice one. Sorry about any typos and slightly incorrect names :>) Brooke

Masd Copper Martguerita (Copper Angel x Marguerit 'Sunset'), had it for a couple of years, finally a flower. Nick