Sl (Cattleya, if you prefer) Pole Star
 

This is one of my favorite little Cattleya crosses. First bloom on a wee little plant in a 2 inch pot.

The flower opened redder than any Pole Star I've seen. The color has changed a lot in just a few days.
The first picture was taken on Dec. 31, the second on Jan 4.

Update: By request, I took another picture today - the color seems to have stabilized. The flower is sizable for a polestar. Looking forward to seeing this one get big enough to produce multiple blooms!
The 4th picture is of a friend's Pole Star, out of the same batch of seedlings. You may already suspect I'm a little jealous. You'd be right.;) But I have a couple more of these seedlings that haven't bloomed yet, so there's a shot I'll still get one like the one in the last pic.

Happy growing, everyone! Can't wait for spring!

great looking little plant, wonder how much more the flower is going change as it matures, pls post a follow up when it looks like it reached saturation...

Love the striping.

Oh, my, very pretty!