Blooming now (2009-09-12)

I have several plants of this hybrid, Laeliocattleya Wrigleyi. This is the typical form with purple flowers (I posted the flower from my other one on August 28th). In my previous post from September 5, there is a photo of the "blue" form, which actually is more lavender than blue. This hybrid resembles the Laelia anceps parent more in both flower shape and growing habit than the Cattleya bowringiana parent. What it did receive from C. bowringiana is the floriferousness (is this a word?) with each spike throwing off five to six flowers. Also, the pseudobulbs seem to grow closer to each other like C. bowringiana than L. anceps, which tends to have a slightly more rambling habit. This hybrid does well in our climate.