This Cattleya loddigesii bloomed for me for the first time three years ago during the last week of July, just when my grandma was completing 90 year old. So, like it is a fine flower for the species I named it after her. She is an adorable 92-year-old lady now and I love her very much.
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The spots on the flowers appear to be variable, sometimes showing, sometimes not. Last year’s flowers lacked them..
This, and a still better other clone named ‘Iza’, came out of a sib made using two of the best Cattleya loddigesii available around, Cat. loddigesii ‘Vera Lucia’ and C. loddigesii ‘Senhorita’.
Here you can take a look at ‘Iza’ that flowered for me a month ago. Hope you like them!