Laelia tenebrosa

[dodidoki]

In bloom.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Seems like your plant coordinated with mine to flower in synced! How tall is your plant, based to top of longest leaf? Mines about 1m or 3 feet. What about the NS, out of curiosity?

 

[dodidoki]

Oh..mine " only" 70 cm tall.A "dwarf" form compared to yours.lol.

 

[dodidoki]

Flower is fairly big, about 15 cm NS.

 

[setaylien]

In bloom.

A fairly typical Laelia tenebrosa. Congrats on blooming it on a plant so (relatively) small

 

[Guldal]

Gorgeous colours! And I can so much better understand, why you are using the Laelia epithet - and not the Catlleya ditto, that Leslie seems to prefer!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Gorgeous colours! And I can so much better understand, why you are using the Laelia epithet - and not the Catlleya ditto, that Leslie seems to prefer!

Hehe correction, I prefer Laelia. I only put Cattleya because that is currently accepted.

 

[dodidoki]

I'm too old to accept the new taxonomy.It was so simple in the past: if there were 4 pollinias , it was cattleya, if 8, it was laelia.

 

[tomp]

for those with space issues (and maybe nomenclature issues) try a Laelia speciosa. Here is a 17 cm flower on a cedar shake mount. And it’s still a Laelia

 

[dodidoki]

for those with space issues (and maybe nomenclature issues) try a Laelia speciosa. Here is a 17 cm flower on a cedar shake mount. And it’s still a Laelia

One of my favourite.Very nice..

 

[bullsie]

I too liked the 'old' names. Half the time I see a name I have no clue what it is without a pic to give me a hint.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

I love the character of these flowers - very "species looking" - as opposed to "fluffy" and round. Amazing how this species is a near dead ringer for purpurata except the colors.

Ah, the naming of things, at once useful and treacherous. I'm sure one day some botanist will fart and they'll put it back into Laelia or create a whole new genus maybe. Personally, I liked it better when it was a Sophronitis (I think for only about a year, if memory serves).