Bagged Box Plant Misleading Epi Mabel Kanda

[Dallasgarden]

And what's your fav encyclia for our hot climate? I love reds and oranges...

[clintdawley]

Good question. I don't grow any encyclias, believe it or not. (I like HUGE flowers.)
While there are lots of red epidendrums, I don't know of any true red encyclias.

And what's your fav encyclia for our hot climate? I love reds and oranges...

[Dallasgarden]

Ah, there runs the challenge. Got a bid on a encyclia cat cross that has some red in it.

[Ron-NY]

And while we're at it. Has anyone's Alata bloomed yet? Mine grew and incredible new PB last summer so I'm expecting great things but so far, no spike.

I checked today...my alata has a spike and should bloom for June 1 or so. The p-bulb and growths are pretty large on this species. I can't seem to bloom my cordigera and my cordigera alba. Do you have this species and when does it bloom for you?

Being a northern grower, sometimes you southerners are ahead of me by a couple of weeks with blooming.

[Lambert]

Orange encyclias hybrids:

Epicat. Epiorange 'RIO' (Encyclia alata X Cattleya aurantiaca)

Lc. Pixie Gold X Encyclia alata

Epl. Peaches McClain (Laelia milleri X Enc. tampensis)

Enc. randii X Lc. Gold Digger

[Ron-NY]

Epl. Peaches McClain (Laelia milleri X Enc. tampensis)

That sounds like an interesting cross! Laurent, do you have this one in your collection? Do you have a pic of it?

[Lambert]

Ron, I wish I did!! But here's a pic.

[Ron-NY]

WOW, it is a nice one Even nicer than I envisioned. I have both parents in my collection...may have to consider remaking that one someday

[Shannara]

I'm kind of on an encyclia-fever

Yeah!!! Someone else has the fever too!

Dallasgarden, if you are looking for a Epicyclia Mabel Kanda x Encyclia Cordigera PM me because I can tell you where I purchased mine. It should look like the one Ron posted a pic of with the green and pink bloom. Sometimes they call it Epidendrum Mabel Kanda or Encyclia Mabel Kanda, but I believe they are all the same thing.

I have a pic of the plant I purchased in the "not blooming" section. It comes in a 4" pot, but I wanted it mounted on cork.

I also have an Encyclia profusa that is a cross with a Sophronitis cinnabarina and the grower believes the blooms will be the shape of the profusa but the bright orange/red of the cinnabarina.

Lambert, posting pics of orange/red encyclias is only going to make my obsession worse! LOL

Shann~

[Lambert]

Still not mine but thought Shann would like to see what the pixiegold x alata looks like ...