Laelia anceps varieies
 

Does anyone know of a good site for photos of the various varieties of Laelia anceps? I was given a plant of Laelia anceps many years ago. It struggled and never flowered. In desparation I tied it in a tree where it thrived. The tree fell down about 3 months ago and now it is flowering. It is white with a rose patch on the front lobeof the lip and yellow with ?maroon or ?purple veining in the throat. I think that it might be variety Ashworthiana. Sander's 1927 Orchid Guide (a good book for species lovers but it only has descriptions using old names and no photos) has a list and description of the various varieites of Laelia anceps. Any help?
Thanks in advance
PS I tried but do not know how to attach a photo from my gallery. Try going to this site which should be my album where there is a photo.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...&catp=nolsogok

check at Santa Barbara, they have a very nice collection of Laelia anceps Laelia anceps var. veitchiana at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate

I think the plant in your gallery is Laelia anceps var. Sanderiana

Thanks Ramon. Much appreciated. Does Santa Barbara have a website with photos of their Laelias? Do you know how to attach photos from the gallery to a message? Somebody did tell me but I still cannot master the art. You can't teach an old dog new tricks:lol:

Here are links that can help you post your photos to the OB -
Please remember to resize your photos first.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-06-marty.html
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ics-posts.html
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ry-photos.html

Thanks Dorothy. I have copied all those files and saved them to read off-line

Ramon, I checked in Sander's "1927 Orchid Guide" and their description fits exactly your diagnosis of my photo. Many thanks for the much appreciated help. I am going to put a label on my plant sayin "Laelia anceps var Sanderiana"

Wow that is a beauty!:love:

Dorothy,
I am really getting frustrated. I went to the website that you gave for "Thumnails". I clicked on my photo and I got a field saying "Linked Thumbnail" and below that was a small window which when you point at it says "More". When you click on it you get two additional fields. One is called "Linked Medium" and the other "Medium Image". Nowhere is there a "button" that says "COPY IT". I tried right clicking and copying and pasting that in the field that appears when I want to add an attachment but it then gives an error "Invalid Attachment". So what am doping wrong:scratchhead: Please help

Only use the address in the 'Linked Thumbnail' line - Don't use the More Icon -
You have to open a window for the post and a window for the photo.
Copy and paste that address from the photo screen to the post you wish to add it to and it will show up as the address. When you submit the post, it will show up as a thumbnail and when you click on the thumbnail in that post - it will open a separate window where it will be full sized.
Let me know if this works for you.
:)

Thanks Dorothy. I am going to try it out replying to the post "Endangered orchid" in the scientific section and I want to paste a thumbnail of a phot of my Cattleya trianae to see if members agree that the label is what it says it is i.e. Cattleya trianae. So look out for my message to see if I succeed!