Lc. Ballet Folklorico 'Eloquence' (Lc. Song of Norway x L. grandiflora)

[mjHuntingtonBeach]

I got this 5 years ago, a good sized plant. I decided to repot, I cut off a small back bulb which I put in a small 2 inch pot and repotted the rest in a six inch pot. It got off to a strong start growing outdoors here in Southern California, I went on vacation and 10 days later I came home to a rotted dying plant. Well that little back bulb survived, sent out a small growth which then continued putting out more growths until it finally bloomed this last month. I love the lip on this one, inherited from Laelia grandiflora (aka L. speciosa), a species from Mexico.