Cattleya bowringiana
Tallest cattleya in my collection...so far. Gotta say I'm loving this spike of flowers. And the flowers are funny. Put them against a different background, change the lighting a little and you get a totally different color in pictures. The picture of the plant with the yard stick is the closest in color to what they look like in person. And no scent so far. I bought this monster this spring at the nursery. I took one look at it...towering over the other cattleya and said, "Mine!". lol
This third picture was taken with a flash indoors. Gotta love the sparkly texture to these flowers!
You cannot see the bottom of the measuring stick...it is at the base of the pot. If I lift it to the top of the potting, it measures an inch or two shy of 3 ft. Not a plant for the "space limited" grower.
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