Prosthechea cochleata

[Selmo]

I believe it is Belize’s national flower and some call it the octopus orchid.
When your plant gets a little bigger/mature it can produce enough spikes that it blooms all year long.

[OrchidBro]

Originally Posted by Selmo

I believe it is Belize’s national flower and some call it the octopus orchid.
When your plant gets a little bigger/mature it can produce enough spikes that it blooms all year long.

Yes, the woman I bought this from is a local orchid grower who sells at local farmer markets and from her house from time to time. This was a division of her plant, that was rather quite sizable. Her mother plant must of had at least 20 spikes going

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

I have cats. Trust me, when mine blooms, I always think I forgot to clean the cat box.

Lol! Do your cats ever smell the orchid and think it is their litter box? I went and smelled it again yesterday. Best way I could describe the smell was a little bit of spice mixed with some bad body odor. Guess I need to go find a stray cat now and smell it's pee to compare.