What cat species is this?

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by catwalker808

Well, I guess I blew the mystery. My post shows the image of the plant only. I guess some other people's show the image info and not the image.

It's a division of a violacea. Anyway, here's a picture of the flowers. They are about 5" (13cm) each. Besides the flower size, the size and shape of the leaves are amazing.

wow... a fantastic C. violacea... very very nice one!!

[ChrisFL]

Originally Posted by catwalker808

Yes it was. Few years ago, someone looked at the plant and asked if it was a Den speciosum because of the leaves.

I have seen hundreds of unrelated violacea plants, and I have only ever seen one other that looked like this (it wasn't this clone though). Felt like it was made of plastic or wax

[nancy]

The Baton Rouge orchid society has a portion of their show that awards fragrance (I think day and night separately) that is for their members only (they are sooooo insensitive). The first time I saw a C. violacea in the flesh, it also won a fragrance award at this show. A spectacular plant grown by Ervin Granier, it was truly breathtaking.
I'm not much of a cattleya fan, but this is an arresting and lovely flower.
Regards - Nancy

[nancy]

you will tell us when it flowers!

[catwalker808]

March ... June ... September ... and November ... whenever it puts out one or 2 new growths. Unless I divide.

[ChrisFL]

Originally Posted by catwalker808

March ... June ... September ... and November ... whenever it puts out one or 2 new growths. Unless I divide.

Another reason I love violacea so much. They bloom more often than any other catt species I can think of.