Cattleya Penang 'Black Caesar' AM/AOS (Nigrella x bowringiana)

[farley101]

Picked this one up about a year ago from Waldor after Kim had given it a glowing review. It has done well, putting out 2 mature growths and 1 new growth that is very close to mature. Seems like this plant is constantly adding new growth, should be huge in a few years!

The blooms on this are great, really hard to photograph because of the intense purple. Very fragrant, but hard to pinpoint an analog.

I did my best to capture these but any suggestions on setups would be appreciated!

[SouthPark]

Excellent captures and very very nice flowering! The variations in colour under the different light conditions is really great too.

[DirtyCoconuts]

For fun slip a piece of white paper behind the plant, or better, behind the flower. That will let you get the best white balance and the “truest” color. I say that in quotes bc it is the truest to the sensor in the camera

[terryros]

I have to try the white background. Not sure why I got convinced that flat black had to be the best.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by terryros

I have to try the white background. Not sure why I got convinced that flat black had to be the best.

Light backgrounds may make you work a bit harder to mange lighting... black backgrounds hide shadows so light placement isn't an issue. White/light ones you can get shadows where you don't want them.