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Post by stevestewart on May 6, 2009 14:16:43 GMT -5
This is a flowering plant and seedlings of Catopsis berteroniana. In my growing conditions it produces few 7dm leaves in a tight upright growth form, scape stout, erect. To me it is very easy to see the difference between this plant and the Catopsis floribunda that I now grow.   Take care, Steven Stewart |
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Post by sockhom on May 6, 2009 15:26:12 GMT -5
Very nice plants Steven!
Could you please tell us the difference between C. berteroniana and C. floribunda? I've got a C. berteroniana several years ago and I always suspected it to belong to another species.
Thank you.
François.
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Post by stevestewart on May 7, 2009 7:29:33 GMT -5
Thank you François! The most distinguishing features for Catopsis berteroniana to me is that the greenish/white flower petals are shorter than the green sepals, and the petals do not spread wide open during the day. My plants and their offspring have always been self pollinating, or pollinated by very small gnats. C. floribunda is supposed to have spreading yellow or white flower petals longer than the sepals, but I have not had this species flower for me yet. I just noticed that in both of my descriptive sources, both C. berteroniana and C. floribunda are supposed to have between 15 and 50 flowers. In my pictures and notes on this plant I cultivated as C. berteroniana has up to 56 flowers.  Possibly because of too much tender care? I never photographed the original plant I started with, just it's offspring. When not in flower, C. berteroniana is generally upright in growth and the leaves are densely covered with white chalky powder. The bases of the leaves in this species, C.b., are not sharply wider at their bases as seen in C. floribunda also. There is another Catopsis species in Florida, Catopsis nutans, but I have only seen photographs. C. nutans seems to me to look like a small version of C. berteroniana and it's anthers are nocturnal. Take care, Steven Stewart |
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Post by Brian Barnes on May 13, 2009 4:39:02 GMT -5
Hey Steve, Great plants! Thanks for sharing them and such wonderful information with us all...  Happy Growing, Brian. |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Aug 26, 2009 10:45:08 GMT -5
Hello Friends, Here's a few shots of a friend's C. beteroniana. It does have flower spikes, but they weren't quite open yet. Nice, very powdery/waxy leaves! Enjoy, Brian.   |
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Possibly because of too much tender care? I never photographed the original plant I started with, just it's offspring.
