STMLA 'Kelly Lea'

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Here is the only catt. alliance hybrid that I can count on blooming!

It is Stellamizutaara 'Kelly Lea' and it is "made of" Brassavola nodosa x cattletonia 'keith roth',

and ctna 'keith roth' is a cross of Cattley bicolor (50%) x broughtonia sanguinea 50%. I read that those contribute equally.

The leaves are most like the noodosa, and but they are only 10-12" tall!

Before ever bloomed for me I made a drawing of the "parents" to try and get an idea of what it would look like, since I couldnt find any pics online. I have included that

It blooms on each new growth once it matures and doesn't need tons of light (seeing as it blooms for me) I would say it blooms every 4-6 months usually with 2-3 growths blooming at the same time. Usually 2 buds/flowers per spike.

Thanks for looking :)
 

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Very nice :) Do you remember where you got it? I've decided I really like Brassavolas and would like to try growing more species or hybrid crosses (at least 50% Brassavola rather than the really complex ones with it several generations back)
 
very interesting blooming!!! I had one Keith Roth years ago with that lovely dark red coloring that you can see appearing here and there (esp. tip of lip) on the bloom!!! Jean
 
No fragrance :(.

Mrs. Paph, I have no idea where it is from, I bought it at an orchid yard sale type thing where some people were selling orchids. I'm not even sure who sold it to me!
 
More flowers open

Here it is now that more flowers are open, 3 now with a 4th bud and a 3rd spike developing. I also think that the color is more intense on the lip especially this year, I'll try to dig up a pic of past years to compare.
 

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Oh.....and I thought STMLA was text-speak for "Stop Touching M Large A......."!
 
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