Blc. Lucille Lundberg 'Yellow Sky'???? I think NOT
Calling all Cattleya Alliance experts......
These are shots of a wild and woolly Catt. that I picked up at an 'Orchids and Art' Festival in Bonita Springs, FL a few nights ago. I have since released it from its extremely unstable pot, without repotting or disturbing the roots - I just have it standing on a tray, stabilized, and have released the spikes from the awful staking job done on them. It has 4 spikes, actually. As the photos show, it is a very tall bifoliate Catt. with multiple buds on the tip of the spike - I've counted between 7 and 10 on each one.
It came tagged Blc. Lucille Lundberg 'Yellow Sky' (which is Hausermann's Symphony x Port Royal Sound), but from the brief amount of investigation I've done, there's no way this is Lucille. Lucille appears to be a large, unifoliate Catt. with one or two huge yellow flowers on a spike. I'm suspecting that this may have Guarianthe skinnerii in it, in part because of the shape and growth habit, but also because it's going to bloom in late winter, early spring. Other than that, I've not a clue. Maybe it's aurantiaca instead? I doubt it's a species, but I'm just trying to get a sense of what I have.
Anyway, these shots show the pathetic shape it was in when I brought it home - it had even been tucked under the sales table and pushed towards the back. Some people just really don't love their orchids, I guess.
Anyway, I NEED SOME HELP!!!!
This one shows how tall it is - I have it leaned against one of the chairs on the lanai.
And a couple of closeups -
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