Laelia lundii in bloom (in spite of the snow storms)

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This miniature species produces exquisite flowers an inch in diameter, glistening crystalline semi-alba type with such an adorable purple ruffled lip….this is temperature tolerant, but I grow it intermediate to warm, I provide it with bright shaded light and good air circulation. This rupicolous Laelia blooms in late winter to early spring. This orchid plant is endemic to Brazil and Bolivia.
*strange but this is the only Laelia with more than one leaf that I have ever seen; this got two sometimes three leaves in a bulb.