Sunday, April 4, 2010

Cattleya Love Castle



This cattleya is a complex hybrid with approximately 8 differenct species in its background.  These pictures were taken just after a rain.  It is hanging in a wooden basket underneath my peach tree in Miami, Florida.  This hybrid takes relatively high indirect light and does best with intermediate temperatures.  It is a little warm in South Florida for it, but as you can see it did bloom after a long winter rest.  The plant is a compact grower with small blooms.  This plant is still very small.  As the plant gets bigger, it will have multiple blooms at the same time.

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