C. leopoldii

Color is hard to capture - much better in real life.

New Cattleya leopoldii

A week and half ago I went to the Cal-Orchid greenhouses in Santa Barbara.  James Rose, the owner, grows great orchids.  More on the trip later.   One of the benches was full of C. leopoldii seedlings, many in bud.  James had grown them all from seed.  He was planning on blooming them all to pick the best ones for breeding but he parted with one that I took home - one of six plants I bought.  Here it is in bud.

Encyclia belizensis

From, where else, Belize...

Encyclia alata

This is a tough plant.  I have been growing it (poorly) for most of the six(!) years I've had it - this is the first blooming.  Hopefully I have the hang of this one now.

Sedirea japonica

Blooming about two months later than the last couple of years.  It got badly burned at some point this Spring but looks like it will survive.

C. Quinquecolor

A primary hybrid between aclandiae and forbesii.  I got mine from Gold Country Orchids.  It consistently blooms (2 flowers) on all new growths.

Another C. purpurata striata

This is the result of an alba x sanguinea cross.  This plant is still doing weird things.  This is a bloom off an older pseudobulb with no sheath.