Lc. Jungle Eyes 'SVO'
 

Lc. Jungle Eyes 'SVO'
is a cross between Lc. Jungle Elf x C. aclandiae.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/...76b82643_z.jpg

its a real mini mini and sweet smelling just like an aclandiae.
For 10 bucks what a bang!!! I want to get 4 or 5 more and mass plant them in one big pot all blooming :biggrin:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/...24ff04d3_z.jpg

and Im trying to make pretty pictures like ron and mel and tom and ramon and mario :) what a group to have to follow after :(

Beautiful mini and good photography too! ;)

What a sweet little thing!

thanks you :)

LC Jungle Elf is Laelia esalqueana x C. aclandiae so the plant is 75% C. aclandiae. The Laelia is where the flower shape and petal size comes from in its ancestry as the aclandiae has longer more narrow petals :) The lip is aclandiae all the way and very deeply colored.

oh wow! beautiful and cute!

since its been opened a few days the smell reminds me of...mothballs ..


thanks you :)

Pretty!

i likes :p

thanks you :)

I gave this one to my sister trying to get her to enjoy orchids some... She says she cant water it bec shes leaving on vacation and I tell her "good the plant has a few more weeks to live in that case...";)

look how long its taken to get this mini catt to bloom again :) almost 3 years and 3 growths later a bloom. Its started to grow from the back end now too. It is potted not mounted. They like lots of humidity and bright light. It is a very slow grower and doesn't put out many nubbins and rarely 2 a year you might see if it gets big enuff. A true mini. Will post pic when flower opens later. ;).

This plant is not an easy one to get to work. Lots of patience.

Lovely .... certainly got the C. aclandiae in it's back ancestry, one of my favourite species.

Lovely flower and shots.

Curious what you used for the black background?

I'm obsessed with the lips on orchids....

http://rkidkelly.smugmug.com/Flowers...DSCN8350-L.jpg

starting to unfurl today...;)

Really lovely!

Good to know! I purchased two LC Jungle Eyes seedlings in January at a local show. So far they appear to be happy. I moved them to a wood mount and roots are attaching. They are outside under 50% shade cloth and getting lots of humidity and bright light. One has already sent up a new lead. I know, I know. Patience!!!:tapfoot:

I have another acliandae primary called a Cattleya Peckhaviensis. Its very small also but grows 4 times as fast. It hasn't bloomed yet but its a very nice spotted mini cattt. :) thank you

C Peckhaviensis is another of my favorites. Mine is still quite small. My C Quinquecolor is a good bloomer, flowering once or twice a year. Spotted bifoliate catts are my weakness, aclandiae being my alltime favorite. I have just a small growing area and look for the compact and mini growers. I find that they do best for me mounted. I recently acquired C Lulu Land and C Little World, both too young to bloom. Here's to patience!!! LOL Happy growing!

Sweet, and with real personality!:lol:

:waving ..

the black background (in most of the pics) by the way is a piece of what they call 'theatre blackout' cloth. They use for events to cover up seats that are empty and don't want you know they are empty :) Zero light reflectivity and zero light gets thru it...totally black out. If its not cloth using the flash set at around -1 compensation then get far enough back from the flash that you don't get artifacts or reflections off glass shiny doors etc etc will give you a nice black background with no cloth.

They left behind a few whole rolls of the cloth and I have enough to cover a small island like Cristo :biggrin:

http://rkidkelly.smugmug.com/Flowers...DSCN8383-L.jpg

:)

Really gorgeous!

Ohhhhh how I love these. I have a very small one mounted on wood and hope it gets a move on in spring.

Beautiful!! I might have to pick one of these up for myself!