Laelia pumila (I think)

[JPMC]

Can anyone help me identify this plant? It was sold to me a Laelia pumila. I does not look exactly like the common Laelia pumila I have seen before.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...seupsmalle.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...wholeplant.jpg

[trdyl]

I may be wrong but I think you might have a hybrid there. The lip loks way too open for pumila.

[ALJ]

I doesn't look like one to me either but I hope you find out. It's very pretty. Where did you get it?

[JPMC]

Originally Posted by ALJ

I doesn't look like one to me either but I hope you find out. It's very pretty. Where did you get it?

I purchased it on EBay from a vendor who was selling Laelia pumila. The vendor informed me that the one I won at the online auction was no longer for sale and he offered me this one because he said that it was easier than a refund. I agreed. He claimed that it was from a guy in Hawaii who said it was Laelia pumila and of award quality. He called it Laelia pumila 'Makuu'. That was 4 years ago. It finally bloomed because he sent me a straggly 3 growth division with no roots that needed to recover. I just nursed it along until now.

[JPMC]

Originally Posted by trdyl

I may be wrong but I think you might have a hybrid there. The lip loks way too open for pumila.

I'm inclined to agree with you. I can't think of a hybrid that looks anything like this plant.

[JPMC]

Does anyone know of a good resource to find pictures of such hybrids?

[s1214215]

Is it Laeliocattleya Mini Purple?

Brett