Cattleya Crystelle Smith in Bloom

[Myrle Diefendorf]

This beautiful cattleya has been blooming on the back porch with morning sunshine for 6 weeks, and is still sending out new bloom stalks. It's my favorite orchid.

[shushu45]

Very beautiful.

[samarak]

Nice. My wife is a fan of Crystelle Smith, too. I think 'Aileen' is the clone she has. But there are a lot of very pretty ones.

Steve

[Myrle Diefendorf]

It had 14 blooms at one time which lasted about 3 or 4 weeks, but is now again putting out many more new spikes with 3 to 5 flowers on each. Potted in a wooden basket with almost nothing except roots. I run water over it with the hose every day or two and fertilize by dipping the basket in weak fertilizer every couple weeks. Gets morning sun.

[WhiteRabbit]

Fabulous!

[Picotee]

Beautiful! Easy to see why it's your favorite.

[tucker85]

Beautiful! I've always liked Crystelle Smith. Your's has a lot more red on the lip than mine. I would love to get one like that.

[cbuchman]

One of my favorites too.