Pot. Love Passion - Blooming cycle tips?

[alexharisiadis]

Hi gang,

I have a Pot. Love Passion unifoliate cattleya ("Orange Bird" variety, I believe) that I acquired in spring 2015 and I could use some tips and information about this particular plant's blooming cycles. There is not a ton of readily available information about this particular plant.

At the time I got the plant, it had two spikes in bud and I had it located in a western exposure in my apartment at the time. Since then, it lived in a northern exposure in my current building from June 2015 until Feb. 2016. From then on, it has been in a southern exposure with my Blc. Waianae Leopard 'Ching Hua', a Sweet Ears oncidium, my Psychopsis Mendenhall, and a recently acquired Banfieldara Mystic Maze.

The Pot. has not bloomed since that time. It has grown 5 new bulbs and sheaths during the time I've owned it, but two of those sheaths apparently burned and turned black, one simply dried up, and one is currently healthy looking but isn't doing much. The healthy sheath actually came out of a pbulb with two leaves, and I just noticed that another lead is emerging from this particular pbulb.

So, this leads me to wonder with so much activity in terms of bulb production, why hasn't this guy bloomed yet and how long can it take to develop flowers? I'll note that the Blc. currently has a full sheath with buds inside. One additional note is that the plant is probably due for a repotting, because the newest lead's roots are growing over the edge of the pot.

Thanks!