Rth. Chief Glory ‘Red Ant’

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I got this as a bag baby from a hardware store about a year ago and here we are! I didn’t have high hopes for this and am still debating on moving it somewhere else more shaded(this gets hours of full summer sun), but I’m satisfied with the flower and the habit—I’m glad I got some contrast with the yellow lip and red/orange petals/sepals and the pseudobulbs are like green olives when they’re well watered! This plant is probably less than 5 inches tall including the flower, and the flower is about 1.5 inches in diameter.

This is literally the only cattleya that I’ve gotten to bloom from a new growth under my care, so hopefully this sets the tone for this year concerning cattleyas


Edited to include close up and side profile images from the next day