These are in bloom in my shade house now:
Two clones of Cattleya warneri. The first is an old plant that sometimes blooms out as a perfect concolor, some other times it bears a tiny line in the centre of the lip, sometimes three nice small marks forming a triangle, sometimes only two marks and so on.
The other clone is typical.
The first is a concolor variation of this well-known species. The big lip is remarkable in this clone.
A little less known than the famous Laelia pumila, but like the latter, a small, compact plant with large flowers.
The main differences from L. pumila are the incurved lip and one side lobe folded over the other.
Cattleya mendelii, typical.
Laelia sincorana var. caerulea is now easily found. Native of the Serra do Sincora, a complex of table mountains in the centre of the State of Bahia, Brazil.
Some plants in bloom now
And also excellent photographs - they are worthy of a calendar in their own right.
Love the 3rd shot of the Catt walkeriana and also the Laelia sincorana var. caerulea. Makes me doubly regret losing a bid on one over ebay a few months back.
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