It's Cattleya intermedia var. coerulea. It has about 25 flowers. Natural spread of 7.5 cm.
I am thinking of driving 100 miles to have it judged. Do you think it's worth an award? I don't want to waste two hours driving for this. What's your opinion? Please help.
Yes mostly pumice and 10% small size coconut husk chunks (for organic material) in clay pot with holes. Previously I had them in fine mix in plastic pot, and usually that will kill all the roots.
I failed to measure the size. :confused: This was in bloom in October. The cross is:
delenatii '0202i' x vietnamense '1815A'. I got this from Orchidaceae in 2010. It finally bloomed for me.
I am trying to organize my bench space. Is this Paph. Ho Chi Minh good enough to keep? The color is not as vivid as others I've seen on here. What do you think?