LC Santa Barbera Sunset ‘Tyab’

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Originally Posted by Diane56Victor

Beautiful bloom.
I bought the same plant in 2018. It looked quite a good size till I repotted in 2021.
So now I have 3 plants of varying sizes. No blooms on any of them yet but it seems to grow ok in my environment.
The label it came with says
.....Lc. Santa Babara Sunset.
(Tyabb Laelia anceps x Laeliocattleya Ancibarina) Looks more like Ancibarina
When it has 6 bulbs it can be classed as mature.....

I got mine in 2017 as a tiny plant from Australian Orchid Nurseries. Since then it’s grown to 23 pseudobulbs but this is the first year it has flowered - 3 spikes of 2 flowers each. I don’t know if it’s typical for this hybrid to take so long to flower but I do notice that the leaves are very dark green despite the fact that I grow it in typical Catt light levels. Suggests to me it would probably be happier in very high light levels or even full sun with protection from just the hottest summer days. Maybe someone with experience in rupicolous laelias like cinnabarina could comment.

The flower colour has intensified now they are a few days mature.