Laelia angereri Pabst

[Rosim_in_BR]

This is not really common in cultivation despite its bright colored flowers that can go from red to bright orange. The plant in the photo is representative of the orange end. This species grows north of Belo Horizonte, the Capital of the State of Minas Gerais, home of so many beautiful rupicolous gems!
This plant in the photo was given to me in 2003. My friend came to me and said 'take it, or it dies in my hands'. I looked at that piece of nothing, two micro-bulbs, he was handing me, , and thought to myself 'well, I think it is going to die in MY hands...'
But, soon the plant started a mini-new growth and I thought 'well, if it is not going to give up, so I don't'. It was hard, it took me seven years, but here it is blooming radiantly!