Cattleya amethystoglossa palha 'Gloriosa' x 'Palhinha'
 

Gets better each year!

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4719/...f84479dd_b.jpgCattleya amethystoglossa palha 'Gloriosa' x 'Palhinha' by Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4714/...5da26724_b.jpgCattleya amethystoglossa palha 'Gloriosa' x 'Palhinha' by Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4708/...286fae00_b.jpgCattleya amethystoglossa palha 'Gloriosa' x 'Palhinha' by Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis, on Flickr

A beauty

Love, love, love, the spots!

Wow!

I am in love. That's a feast for the eyes and the spirit. Great photo. thanks for sharing!

Steve, those are beautiful and elegant flowers!:)

Wow that is really something!

Fantastic flowers!

Is that worth taking in for judging?

awesome flower and great pictures..... I have a dream to grow a few amethystoglossas to 3 ft tall and have massive blooms, hopefully similar to yours... thank you for posting

Now that is stunning! This is my first winter with mine, it’s still a very small plant in a 2” pot and the largest growth is about 6”. Do you have any winter care tips? I have been giving mine a little sip of plain r/o water about once every two weeks and that, with my high humidity, have kept any sort of shriveling at bay. So do Im thinking I’ll just wait for some new growth to appear before I resume normal watering and fertilizing? Also, something I read was that people found this species to have only one new growth per year instead of growing in multiple directions with 2 or 3 leeds. Have you noticed this on yours?