Cattleya noID in bloom

[Merlyn]

I've got one "stinker" but it doesn't slap your face with it when you walk by and it doesn't permeate the room. You have to stick your nose right into the bloom to get the scent and I did that ONCE !!! Don't feel the urge to ever do it again ! Bulb. echinolabium is the one and I'll never give it up because the bloom is spectacular and very large !!! I forget, but I think it was 19" top to bottom !
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[Cavs n' Orchids]

I have one very similar, called Lc. Purple Cascade. I wasn't sure from your pics, but is yours bifoliate? Mines strictly unifoliate, as are all the other Purple Cascades I have seen, but the bloom time is the same cause mine is just about to flower. Mine isnt really fragrant, but its supposed to be. Is yours very vigorous? Mine grows like a weed! Great catts!!

Here's a pic of last January's flowering. Sorry for the terrible pic, I took it on my Blackberry.

[Cavs n' Orchids]

Btw, Lc. Purple Cascade's parents are C. Interglossa x Lc. Tokyo Magic. Interglossa is C. amethystoglossa x C. intermedia (or maybe other way around) which it seems to take after the most, cause Tokyo Magic is yellow!!

[Brad]

Your totally right! It does look similar to your Lc Purple Cascade and it's both unifoliate and bifoliate. In fact there ares sets of blooms on both types of bulbs ATM. Earlier this year (last month) a set of bloom was on a bifoliate bulb and last year when i bought it the blooms were on a unifoliate bulb. I've only had it about 12 months but seems to grow like a weed! Check out the aerial view, is this normal to have both uni and bifoliate bulb growth?

[Cavs n' Orchids]

I havent personally had one plant bloom on uni and bifoliate bulbs, but with C. amethystoglossa and C. intermedia as grandparents, Im sure Purple Cascade could very easily do so.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Merlyn

Beautiful bloom + nice fragrance = in my book it's a keeper, NOID or not !!! I have 80 species + 25 primary hybrids and 50 hybrids = 155 chids right now. I just did a trade and got an unseen Phal NOID that has variegated leaves and purple candy striped blooms and it's the 4th NOID that I have now and I'm going to keep it !!! All of us have NOIDs at one time or another that we won't part with ! I'm giving my newbie the cultivar name 'Ben' so I'll remember where I got it from ! This is his pix.

BTW, to the forum !!!
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Merlyn
That is a great Phal! Good score!

[johnblagg]

dont have that cross but I have several that do the unifoliate and bifoliate leads and mine do bloom on both .
C. Jalapa Angel in bloom right now two leads one unifoliate one Bifoliate. And another that I divided and lol as soon as I divided it each division popped out buds on unifoliate growths and bifoliate ...actually surprised me putting out buds on all three divisions I had made within a week and they act as if they were never touched or repotted ....

Goes to show you that being in bud doesnt mean you cant repot if they are starting new root growth and healthy

as far as noid goes ..... If I saw this at a nursery I would not blink at no name tag it would be in my cart in a flash ...especially if the scent had drawn me to it