More "While I was away"

[Roberta]

Had to break up the list...

Cattleya leopoldii (tigrina), labeled "coerulea" which it certainly isn't. Instead, a very interesting peloric (lip pattern in petals)
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Laelia purpurata 'Tipo' AM/AOS x self. Genetics in action... the awarded plant had light pink petals and a dark lip. When selfed, quite a few plants of the cross turned out to be albas like this one.
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Myrmecophila tibicinis - used to be Schomburgkia. These have hollow pseudobulbs that in nature are home to ants - hence the name.
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Lc. Interceps coerulea (Cattleya intermedia coerulea x Laelia anceps var. veitchiana)
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Some Sobralias (just a sampling) - on the left, Sob. sanderae, on the right Sob. yauaperyensis x xanthaoleuca, a combination of a pink/lavender (yauaperyensis) and butter-yellow (xantholeuca). The pot produces both the expected light pink/white flowers, and also yellow ones - for sure, more than one plant in there.
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Gomesa croesus
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...9aN2FYS2tKRWFR

Dichaea glauca. This is the only Dichaea that has thrived for me over a period of years. The growths bloom for several years and then die back. Now I'm getting some nice new growths, a second life. The little white flowers are quite fragrant.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...9aN2FYS2tKRWFR

First Neofinetia falcata of the season, 'Beni-suzume', a nice pink. Too often, this is another genus that tends to bloom in my absence, this time running a little late so I have escaped that fate.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...9aN2FYS2tKRWFR

Ada (Brassia) glumacea. The flowers aren't particularly showy, but they are super-fragrant, smelling to me like very ripe fruit. I tend to smell it before I see it.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...9aN2FYS2tKRWFR

Aerides rosea, a relatively cool-growing Vandaceous orchid from China. First time blooming for me.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...9aN2FYS2tKRWFR
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...9aN2FYS2tKRWFR

Promenaea xanthina
http://orchidcentral.org/Images/Zygo...20xanthina.jpg

Whew... these are the highlights... there are more but I think that this is enough for now. So much action!