Cattleya percivaliana alba (& more)

[bernardomantas97]

Hey again guys!

This is my first time blooming a cattleya percivaliana (oddly enough, it seems a bit ahead of the expected, but flowers are flowers nonethless). Can't say I regret getting it, though the thought crossed my mind before I saw it in bloom - I've seen A LOT of comments regarding the 'unpleasant smell' and oftentimes small flower size. Mine turned out not to have either of those flaws, I guess - smells faintly like tangerines and the flowers are about half the size of the plant (~14cm flowers, ~25cm plant), and they look quite cute. It's pretty high up my favourites list now, really.

Also blooming, there's a cattleya Eximia and a wonderful maxima. Soon enough, a sophronitis (unidentified but possibly brevipedunculata), laelia rubescens, encyclia fowliei and psychopsis mariposa - I'll post some pictures when they open up!