Outstanding orchid.
Excellent photos.
I have a Psychopsis Mendenhall 'Hildos' that I have recently mounted in a tree in my yard.
It seems to like it there.
I bought it last fall at a farmers market.
It had one spike with one blossom on it.
When I got it home and looked it over more closely, I found a second spike just beginning.
It is now blooming regularly from 2 spikes.
I accidentally broke the older spike.
It didn't bat an eye.
It sent out a new shoot from the top node and has merrily continued to flower from it.
Then, shortly afterwards, it began to grow a new PB.
Since mounting it in the tree, it had started a third spike from the new PB.
Supposedly, this hybrid's spikes will branch easily and give large displays of blossoms as the main spikes and branches continue to bloom with time.
P. Mendenhall 'Hildos' is a P. Butterfly X Papillo hybrid.
The flowers on mine look very similar to those on yours.
I can't wait until mine looks as good as yours.
I have always been fascinated by the Psychopsis' but never had the nerve to try keeping one while in Alaska.
I've got me one now, though.
Congratulations on your beauty.
Last edited by voyager; 10-22-2014 at 07:01 AM..
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Wasn't there a week ago, and now it's 5-6 inches tall already. So within 4 months or so I'll have 4 blooming spikes on my plant 
Looks like I had already seen this picture on Flickr but loving seeing it again as I catch up on some old posts here that I missed originally 
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