Laelia purpurata carnea 'da sogra'

[Frdemetr]

Three years ago I gave this one as a gift to my mother-in-law, Santa (nothing to do with 'Santa Claus', but was a Christmas gift). It was a good but relatively small plant, with only two buds and now...The flowers have a good shape (for a carnea), and the plant is huge!

[kiki-do]

Frederico, that is such a lovely orchid. I am just starting to get familiar with Laelias and find they are spectacular. Your gift gives back tenfold. Very beautiful and delicate. I really like this one. kiki-do

[Alia]

Love that laelia! That's the prettiest carnea I've ever seen .

Alia

[tuvoc]

A beautiful laelia beautifully grown! Congrats and bravo Frederico!

Kim

[Spider]

Sorry for double reply. Do not know why I had to logg in twice. some error.

[Spider]

I think i may have mentioned it before, that I ordered a Laelia purpurata carnea. They are now sitting in my window, a var.carnea and a var. carnea (cereja I x Pink II) in very small pots. I realize I have to repott them shortly. I also got the C. intermedia var. orlata, a larger small plant and a larger sized one with a flower seath. There are smaller differances in their need for potting mixtures and I´m intending to make my own potting mixture. I have bark, all grades, cocochips, smaller sized perlite and medium sized coal, and fresh spagnum moss in the deep frez. What would be the best mixture? I´m not very good at watering my plants and keep them on the dry side. I have to ask after i have seen your wonder photos.

[snow]

wow carnea 'da sogra''
meat of ???????

[Lagoon]

Such a fabulous orchid
Giving the size of that one - Uhhh looks like I got away to go with mine.

[Frdemetr]

Originally Posted by snow

wow carnea 'da sogra''
meat of ???????

Snow,

'carnea' is the variety name (s/a with 'meat color' in the lip), and 'da sogra' is the varietal name I gave to this plant, 'cause it belongs to my mother-in-law!

[Frdemetr]

Originally Posted by Spider

I think i may have mentioned it before, that I ordered a Laelia purpurata carnea. They are now sitting in my window, a var.carnea and a var. carnea (cereja I x Pink II) in very small pots. I realize I have to repott them shortly. I also got the C. intermedia var. orlata, a larger small plant and a larger sized one with a flower seath. There are smaller differances in their need for potting mixtures and I´m intending to make my own potting mixture. I have bark, all grades, cocochips, smaller sized perlite and medium sized coal, and fresh spagnum moss in the deep frez. What would be the best mixture? I´m not very good at watering my plants and keep them on the dry side. I have to ask after i have seen your wonder photos.

Spider,

L purpurata and C intermedia share (more or less) the same habitat in Brazil, I think the media and growing conditions could be the same for both....My mother-in-law plant is potted in tree-fern fiber only, and this is the better media I known; unfortunately, brazilian tree fern (Dicksonia sellowiana) is now an endangered species, and the use of tree-fern fiber is forbidden in Brazil. I'm trying a mix of coconut chips, pine bark, pine cone and carchoal, and orchids that like low humidity in the roots (like L purpurata and C intermedia) are growing well; I'm using a few sphagnum moss in the roots when re-potting (to preserve humidity in this stressing period), but brazilian moss is bad (plants prefer Chilean or New Zealander moss). In mine conditions, the 'secrets' to grow LP and intermedia are: clay pots wider than tall, with extra lateral holes, lots of draining material in the bottom (more than 1/3 of the pot high), good media and much light (more light for intermedia than for LP )