Cattleya nobilior var coerulea

[Subrosa]

I got this plant last year from La La Orchids, and was a bit disappointed it didn't bloom in the spring as they normally do for me. Then I was pleasantly surprised when what I assumed to be a new growth turned out to be a spike! When I started keeping nobilior I read that it preferred to grow horizontally, but this plant literally sprawls. The spike is actually on a part of the plant which grew outside of the 10" pot, so I set a pot full of leca next to the main pot to catch the runaway and make for an easy division.