Schombolaelia George's Best

[rosalie]

Yes,almost all growths have bloomed. There are brown sheaths and green ones,too.

I'm hoping I could get those to bloom.

[PaphMadMan]

Can you take a close picture of a green sheath? Curious what one looks like. This is looking more like a bifoliate Catt to me than any kind of Schombo... or Laelia... anything.

[rosalie]

Hello

Thank you for helping. Here are some pictures.

[PaphMadMan]

That really looks more like a Guarianthe than anything else - Gur. (C.) bowringiana, skinneri, aurantiaca or a hybrid. Since there is no registered hybrid of any kind called George's Best it will be interesting to see how it blooms out.

[rosalie]

I hope it blooms, then I'll post to solve this mystery.:>

[dendro king]

I do know that laelia/schom. (WHATEVER THEY CALL IT NOWADAYS) splendida, grows upright and can be confused with those cattleya mentioned above. I would expect that this plant probably is a hybrid with Schom. splendida. Hopefully this can help in imagining what the blooms may look like.

[rosalie]

]Thank you for all your input.

I'd like to share a picture of one of my Schombolaelias.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Oh that is so cool. Nice bloom.

[rosalie]

So the flowers have bloomed on the brown sheaths. There were two thin ones, and a thick green ones. The blooms are about 2 1/2 inches across, three to 9 per spike.

[rosalie]

Is it a laeliocattleya or a schombolaelia? I honestly wouldn't be able to tell, but here's another view.