I posted this one last year, but the flowers were not at their best then. Here they are, much better now. These crossing petals flowers of C. labiata are splendid! This plant is daughter of a very well succeeded cross between C. labiata 'Michelle' x C. labiata 'Batatais'. Batatais alone is awesome, but the union with 'Michelle' has been producing superb flowers. It is flowering earlier than the normal this year because we're having an abnormally cold summer, with temperatures 6 to 8º C bellow the normal, typical of the fall.
The flowers:
Cattleya labiata 'Rotunda' on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The whole plant:
Cattleya labiata Lindl. 'Rotunda' on Flickr - Photo Sharing!