Laelia lundii in bloom (in spite of the snow storms)

[WhiteRabbit]

Charming!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

Bud, as usual, beautiful plant and photography. I own this plant, and all of my pbulbs have two leaves per bulb. I bought it "near bloom size". Mine is growing in tiny brown terra cotta balls in a 2.5" Rand Cone square pot. Mine came from Cschaz--an eBay vendor. Thank you for sharing your plant. Now I know how my blooms will look.

Thank You, Matt!
Chaz is a reliable trustworthy vendor and all of his plants are healthy; arrives fresh and intact as if it never travelled. If Chaz says its near bloom size then expect flowers by the end of this year.

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Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Lovely little thing, Bud.

Thank You, kindly Ron !

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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Charming!

Thank You, Sonya !

[brsucculents]

Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing you guys. I wish the rupiculous Laelias were more common.

Isn't it strange that the flower color would vary so much?

[Orchids4ever]

Very nice and so delicate looking

[Mokeck]

Just beautiful!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by brsucculents

Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing you guys. I wish the rupiculous Laelias were more common.

Isn't it strange that the flower color would vary so much?

Since this is in the Cattleya alliance; you may find fiery reds, corals, pinks, golden yellow and neon green....The Ecuagenera people from South America often come to orchid shows and bring wonderful orchids that is not common in the US market.

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Originally Posted by Orchids4ever

Very nice and so delicate looking

Thank You, Monika !

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Originally Posted by Mokeck

Just beautiful!

Thank You for the visit !

[isurus79]

Bud,
This is beautiful! I'm not familiar with the growth habits of this species, but it looks like it blooms on special growths in a similar manner to Catt. walkeriana & nobilior. Is this true or do the growths continue to mature after the blooms have faded? Very interesting plant.

Originally Posted by james mickelso

I have this yellow one and it is small but lively. Most of the pbulbs are single leaf but some especially the pbulbs that flowers are double. I have two pbulbs in this bunch that have three. I like the rupiculous lealias.

James,
What's the name on this one? It looks a lot like an Slc. or other complex hybrid, so it might not be a great comparison.

[james mickelso]

All I know is mine is a rupiculous laelia from brazil. Bud's on the other hand does bloom from the base ala walkeriana. Interesting. I'll have to read around and see what it is like.

[Bud]

[QUOTE=isurus79;656546]Bud,
This is beautiful! I'm not familiar with the growth habits of this species, but it looks like it blooms on special growths in a similar manner to Catt. walkeriana & nobilior. Is this true or do the growths continue to mature after the blooms have faded? Very interesting plant.
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After the flower is gone, it continues to be a mature bulb with one leaf. The two leafed bulb produces another bulb that contains the spike then produces a single leaf after the blooms have faded.
*if you look at picture 2 the leftmost bulb with a single leaf have the dried spike in it.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Bud,

This is beautiful! I'm not familiar with the growth habits of this species, but it looks like it blooms on special growths in a similar manner to Catt. walkeriana & nobilior. Is this true or do the growths continue to mature after the blooms have faded? Very interesting plant.

I have found this information very helpful.

http://www.orchidworks.com/brazil/howtogrow.html