Epc Aroma Grande

[Sandra Billeter]

This is a re-bloomer for us and it is very fragrant. The blooms are about 3 inches across on the long dimension.

[Tindomul]

wow, what do you grow it in?

[Oscarman]

Very nice Sandra. Thank you. Do you know what the cross is?

[Sandra Billeter]

The cross is C. Aclandiae x Epi Atropurpureum. The tag is kind of hard to read but that's how we interpret it. All of our Catt. family is in a 4 part medium fir bark to 1 part coarse perlite mix with some medium charcoal chunks thrown in. We pot all of them in clay pots.

Sandra in South Carolina

[lklutz]

Originally Posted by Sandra Billeter

The cross is C. Aclandiae x Epi Atropurpureum. The tag is kind of hard to read but that's how we interpret it. All of our Catt. family is in a 4 part medium fir bark to 1 part coarse perlite mix with some medium charcoal chunks thrown in. We pot all of them in clay pots.

Sandra in South Carolina

I just bought one of these at our local Society auction labeled, Epc. Aroma Grande (C. aclandiae x Epi. Cordigerum) which may or may not be the same. I've given up trying to understand the naming on these. In any case it's an interesting cross I'm anxious to see in bloom.

[Sun rm.N.E.]

Thanks for sharing these beautiful flowers.
About how tall does this grow?

[PaphMadMan]

Officially it is Catcylia Aroma Grande these days (Cattleya aclandiae x Encyclia cordigera), but no one should be confused if you prefer to call it Epicattleya (Epc.) Aroma Grande. Epidendrum atropurpureum is an old synonym for Encyclia cordigera, so the crosses mentioned here are the same.

I wish I had one. I'm just starting to get interested in small Cattleya types again.