Very beautiful. I just recently purchased a small one from Carmela's. Hopefully I can keep it alive long enough to see it bloom.
My plant came from a community pot that I purchased from Carmela Orchids several years ago. I'll look forward to seeing photos of your plant in bloom a few years from now.
This makes me want one so bad!! I have always love those enormous heads of jewel tone purple flowers!!! It must be a sight to behold in person!! I'm gonna get one!! 3ft you say. I have room for that in my living room mwahahahahahaha!
I was given a cutting at some point, don't know when as the plant was NOID. It's been enjoying being mounted on a tree fern totem and just rewarded me with two flowers. I contacted the person who I suspected gave it to me and he said his specimen plant was loaded with flowers earlier this month. Putting a tag on it this morning.