Laelia purpurata var. russeliana 'Oculata' x Laelia purpurata var. schroederae

[kavanaru]

I received this plant about 2 years ago, and it is blooming now for the first time...

the color of the lips is not as delicate as that of the parent plants, but I like much better this way





as for the variety of the parent plants, here some links to Mauro Rosim's Flickr gallery

Laelia purpurata Lindl. - var. oculata 'Peter' - lip detail on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Laelia purpurata Lindl. - var. schroederae on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[kinknstein]

Awesome Ramon, I picked up a Laelia purpurata var carnea, and can only hope to grow it at least half as good as yours! Really a beaut!!

[smweaver]

Fantastic, Ramon! I really like the lip.

Steve

[nenella]

Very Very nice!

[kavanaru]

Thanks a lot... I really like this one too

[Cookiemonster]

Wow far better than the parents! I think the next blooms will be even better Great growing !!

[RosieC]

That lip is stunning, and you've got a really great pic

[Jerry Delaney]

Fantastic Ramon!! If this is just a first bloom seedling, it's going to be some plant when it finally reaches full maturity!

[kavanaru]

Thanks to all...

this is indeed a first time bloom seedling, which was very stressed by the time I received it. It took a time to recover and look better. As I said, I am very happy with the first bloom, and am looking forward to seing how it improves within the next years

P.S.- I think the former owner could not take care of his collection anymore, and his son/daughter asked a nursery to sell the plants. Most of them were extremelly dehydrated and/or had not been repotted for a long time. I bought 4 different plants from this collection (a whole sale package), but this Laelia is the only one which survived. The yall went through Sphag&Bag, rooting hormones and so on... but...

[Jerry Delaney]

It sure looks like it recovered well Ramon!! Maybe you should paint the thumb in your avatar green!!!