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...

L. anceps spiking

A couple of anceps are spiking.  Here is a youngish plant that is starting to take off.

New Neofinetias

Finally pulled the trigger on a species I've been thinking about for a while, Neofinetia falcata.  The good folks at Cal-Orchid have a nice deal, three for $60 and James Rose threw in 2 smaller seedlings for free.  I thought about basket or mount but in the end decided to re-pot in a airy orchiata bark/perlite mix in a slotted plastic pot.