Laelia harpophylla
I think I showed this plant last year when it had two spikes ; this year four. I transferred it into S/H using Hydroleca ( baked clay pebbles) when the current canes were a couple of inches high, and it has liked it. Usually it takes a couple of years for transfers to settle down properly because of the need to grow a new set of roots, so the omens are good for the future here.
The plant is about 30 inches ( 75cm) high from compost to the top of the flower spikes , and the flowers are about 8-9 cm - just over 3 inches, natural spread. They last well - the flowers are still in their prime, and they were open just before I went off on my hols - over 3 weeks ago
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My regular reader friends will of course realise I am now back ; it was not an orchid holiday but one adapted to my wife's needs - she is not very mobile at present - so we went on a cruise from UK via the Mediterranean, Suez Canal, ( then through pirate territory) and into the
(Arabian) Gulf ending at Dubai, where we spent a few days before flying home. It was so successful that we have booked a cruise on a sister ship for next January to go across the big pond, via the Cariobbean, and Panama, ending at San Francisco , so I will be asking for PMs on where to go to see orchids there - I am sure there must be somewhere !.
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