Sobralia mirabilis 'Angelica' blooming in June

[mjHuntingtonBeach]

I purchased this in a one gallon last July at the Santa Barbara annual orchid fair. A very interesting orchid, like a short growing bamboo but that has short lived cattleya like blooms in the summer. Well over the past year it has grown into a 3 gallon container and just the past few days has started blooming. The few blooms I had last year lasted for about 5-7 days, hopefully that will hold true this year.