Some Cattleya bloomers

[katrina]

Some of my Cattleya alliance species that have bloomed over the past few months.

Brassavola retusa – a cute little plant. This is only it’s 2nd blooms so not a lot of flowers but it grows out in all directions so in a few years it should be a wonderful little clump of blooms.



Brassavola cebolleta - awful glare in the first pic but it gives a good idea of the growth habit



C walkeriana semi-alba – one of my favorites and this particular walkeriana blooms longer than any of my others. This one typically lasts a month (give or take). Wonderful fragrance!



C maxima ‘Thunder Mountain’



C maxima alba 'Koningen Sylva' SM/DOG – another maxima…I love this species so much that I have 6 or 7 varieties. This one has been more difficult to bloom than any of the others. I got the division back on ’09 and it’s grown beautifully but this is it’s first bloom. I do believe it was worth the wait.



Another C maxima ‘Priscilla’ x ‘Daniella’ - a first bloom on this clone.


Laelia anceps var veitchiana – a first bloom for me on this one.



Laelia autumnalis



Cattleya perrinii semi-alba (formerly Laelia) - love the shape of perrinii! Very large flowers. This is another species where I have several varieties because I do love them so much.


Cattleya perrinii ‘Big Bugga’ AM/AOS


Cattleya jenmanii


Cattleya labiata v rubra ‘Shuller’ x C labiata v rubra ‘Ching Hua’



Cattleya labiata coerulea ‘Natural World’ AM/AOS x self


Cattleya dolosa coerulea


Cattleya jongheana – this one bloomed much earlier last year...it got lost on my phone. Too gorgeous to be forgotten so better late than never.




Prosthechea vitellina (formerly Encyclia)
Super long lived blooms…it started blooming in Sept and did not finish until last January.


Sophronitelia (Isabelia) violacea
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Almost forgot ---

Sobralia decora ‘Everglades’ – a small sobralia…likely won’t ever be more than 15”-18” tall.

[nikkik]

Wow, they are all gorgeous. I was going to write which one I liked best, but I couldn't make a choice.... Fantastic growing!!!!

[katrina]

Thanks, Nikkik!

[Orchids4ever]

Beautiful ,Beautiful ,Beautiful !

[silken]

Wow! So much eye candy

[twinofmunin]

wow, so many gorgeous blooms! i love that brassavola cebolleta... but all of these are beautiful plants as well as blooms!

[wintergirl]

Wonderful collection! All are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Wow, just wow. I don't think I could pick a fav ether. Well done Katrina.

[katrina]

Thanks for the wonderful comments everyone. Catts are the predominant orchid group in my collection and if I could grow only one group...it would be these guys.

Thanks for looking!

[DeaC]

Should sell tickets to show off this fantastic display! STUNNING!