In my professional life, I am an assistant professor of Postcolonial literature. Now, of course, I am also an enthusiastic grower of Cattleya species orchids.

I have always been fascinated with orchids but never attempted to grow them, but a few months ago, I finally decided to give it a try. My choice of Cattleya species orchids, as my primary focus, was purely by accident: a lucky accident! Without much knowledge about orchids, I decided to purchase a set of five seedlings being offered by an Ebay seller: All these seedlings happened to be Cattleya species orchids. And that is how I decided to be a grower of Cattleya species orchids.

But, in order to keep my orchid collection focused and manageable, I also decided to grow only the seventeen classic Cattleya species discussed by Arthur A. Chadwick and Arthur E. Chadwick in their wonderful book,  The Classic Cattleyas.

Much of what I know about Cattleyas comes from this book and their research has enabled me to keep my plants alive and thriving.

This is a community blog that also serves as s a catalog of my collection, my failures, mistakes, and occasional successes with seventeen species of classic Cattleyas and (I could not resist) two extra species added to that. I will provide more details in various blog entries, and will also add more resources to this site. Meanwhile, please feel free to contact me or  register to join the conversation.

More about me Here.

Masood Raja, Denton, TX, United States.

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