Cattleya trianae 'Waldemar Silva'

[Orchidflowerchild]

Originally Posted by smweaver

The real oddball is C. labiata. I have a labiata alba that does very nicely in higher light levels. But I don't think that the labiata rubra enjoys that much light (its leaves tend to start getting pink-purple color if I put it in the same light as the alba plant gets). So apparently I now need to experiment a bit to see which plant will react favorably to the higher levels of summer light and which will need to be better protected

Well, rubra means that you have a very dark lavendar/purple labiata. In optimal light, a plant with that much anthocyanin pigmentation *should* have a little purple to it. The red pigmentation in the leaves is nto a bad thing, just an adaptation to relatively high light levels. As long as your leaves aren't burning, it's no big deal.

-Cj