Cattleya mossiae coerulea
Hey everyone!
So, here's another mossiae (out of I don't even know how many I have) that's decided to start blooming a little off-season - it still has 2 more sheaths, but this was the only one so far that decided summer was a good time to push forth some buds.
This is quite a large plant, and it is a bit crammed in my current setup; I'll be moving soon (hopefully), so the next bloomings might turn out better with more sunlight instead of LEDs.
The colour is amazing, as I expected from a coerulea, but the size of the flowers appears quite average - this one is still opening up and the 2 others haven't begun, but my semi-alba (which I posted not long ago) remains undefeated for size: 20cm vs maybe 13/14cm if this one flattens out a bit more on the next few days.
I'll drop an update when the 3 flowers are open!
All in all, I'm happy though; it is lovely. I have one other coerulea (which came from Hilmar at Asendorfer), can't wait till it's big enough to see the differences between the two.
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