Cattleya gaskelliana alba

[monocotman]

A mericlone of a super plant originating from the now defunct Petrens nursery. Not much wrong with this clone. There is just a tiny smidge of colour on the middle of the lip that I’ve not seen before so maybe this should be called albescens.
Considering that this plant has been repotted recently I am very pleased with this flowering.

 

[GuRu]

Pure beauty, David. What about the dorsal of the right flower, is this flower still opening and stretching ?

 

[monocotman]

Guru, it is. They’ve both only just opened.

 

[PhilaGardener]

Incredible - you can barely see the plant for the size of those flowers! Nicely grown!

 

[dodidoki]

David, very nice!!!!!

 

[NEslipper]

Beautiful, congrats!

 

[terryros]

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A mericlone of a super plant originating from the now defunct Petrens nursery. Not much wrong with this clone. There is just a tiny smidge of colour on the middle of the lip that I’ve not seen before so maybe this should be called albescens.
Considering that this plant has been repotted recently I am very pleased with this flowering.

David, my only gaskelliana is just getting to blooming size, so I have not personally seen one. How open, or “flat” does this become? The flower on the left must be the first to open and the dorsal sepal has gone vertical and the petals look to be flatter than the flower on the right.

 

[monocotman]

The sepals are very flat, the petals less so but it all adds up to a very pleasing flower.
There is just one bloom as as when I took it outside to photograph I dropped it!