I saw a large plant of Laelia heidii. Unfortunately it was in a very awkward place to take photos. The inflorescences are tall. The one in the photo was the only one I could reach because it was growing sidewise.
Three years ago, I took on some cacti and this orchid from a friend who was going through medical stuff and couldn’t maintain his collection. He said it was “some kind of Cattleya.” He was growing it in a degraded pot with almost no mix pot on a humidity tray in a Chicago apartment window; most...