Quality is Paramount

About Us

Cattleyas Online is the result of Norm and Erin Bulmer growing orchids as a hobby for some 30 years. While we have grown a number of genera our main passion is Cattleyas. Some time ago we started to dabble with our own breeding and this has now expanded into a business. Our aim is to pursue lines of breeding, predominately in exhibition Cattleyas, in an attempt to produce even higher standards in the queen of orchids. We also will be aiming at producing quality compact Cattleyas using some of our exhibition plants in the breeding lines.

Located in South East Queensland we are blessed with a climate that is close to ideal for growing Cattleyas. After an initial period of hardening when taken from flask, all plants are grown in a shade house enclosed with 55% cloth.

Unfortunately it is not viable to send plants to Western Australia or Tasmania in view of the quarantine restrictions those States have in place. It is possible to comply with the restrictions but the cost of doing so is prohibitive.

Autumn 2011

 

Plenty of rain and rain on many days was our lot over summer. Fortunately we did not experience any flood damage as many did and many in North Queensland are still being harshly treated by Mother Nature.

 

It was a summer when growing in open shade houses created problems with fertilizing and spraying schedules. Fortunately as it was summer fungus was not a huge issue but mealy bug, weeds and moss have enjoyed the conditions. Conditions are now back to being normal in the South-East and so we can get back on track. Hopefully the weather will improve soon for those in the North.

 

As advised previously, while the catalogue will show the current generic classification, we are not about to go to the expense of replacing older labels so don’t be concerned if the generic abbreviation of a label is different to the catalogue. We will do our best to ensure the catalogue is correct.

 

 

Quality exhibition cattleyas are our specialty

Rlc. Sylvia Fry ‘Dundas’ x Rlc. Tribute ‘Independence Day’

To contact us:

 

Phone/Fax:            07 3388 0866

 

E-mail:                    info@cattleyasonline.com.au