Bit too early blooms.

[papayj]

My Cattleya labiata and coccinea just bloomed.



It is bit too early for them to flower, but the recent record-breaking unusually long monsoon season with very reduced sunlight might have done the trick.




Some nibbling insect has severely chewed the flower of labiata. I saw some small crawling bug in the flower so I dusted the growing area with some insecticides.




And Catt (soph) coccinea...this is the third plant I am growing, for I was not able to grow this successfully before. But with the help of semi-hydroponics, I finally managed to grow this little gem of orchid.

[estación seca]

Wow! Never too early! The S. glistening coccinea is really beautiful!

Just for fun, I looked up the primary hybrid between these two species... Cattleya Wellesleyae. Almost no visible Sophronitis influence.

[SouthPark]

That's a wonderful shot. The orange one is a cutie next to the biggie. Both wonderful flowers.

Originally Posted by estación seca

Wow! Never too early! The S. glistening coccinea is really beautiful!

Thanks for bringing our attention to the glistening effect! That's often a dynamic that camera's don't pick up - which adds like a huge extra feature to orchid flowers with the glistening! Very nice.