Cattleya tenebrosa handles the cold!

[Stone]

Sorry about the bad pic but worth mentioning that this plant has been outdoors (protected from rain) for 2 years. Last winter it experienced 2 days of 0C 3 days of 1C and weeks of 3 to 5C. Yet here it is flowering happily this summer! Even though this species begins growth in the Autumn!

 

[My Green Pets]

Love this species!

 

[JeanLux]

Interesting, and great growing !!!! Jean

 

[Brabantia]

Beautiful ! It is exactly 6 months of difference between the flowering here in Belgium and Australia.

 

[blondie]

This is a favourite of mine If I had not got purpuarta then I'd have this one but cant have both.

 

[SlipperFan]

I love the color combo on this species.

 

[gego]

You have a good one. Beautiful lip and wider petals. You are lucky the plant survived.