Cattleya Chocolate Drop

A primary hybrid between C. guttata and C. aurantiaca

Another Cattleya maxima

C. labiata compot update

Back in May I posted on some compots I had recently established.  Here are the before (May) and after (now) pictures of one compot, shot from similar angles.

Another C. maxima

Cattleya labiata

First labiata bloom of the season.  This is a first bloom seedling resulting from the cross of two rubra forms from SVO Orchids.  Not bad for a first bloom.  The color is darker and more saturated in real life.  I'm not capturing it well here.

Cattleya maxima

I have four maximas blooming or about to bloom.  Here is the first.  Some clones of this type have over 20 flowers.  I would love to get one of those...