Encyclia Cordigera var purpurea AND Encyclia Auza? (Aromatica x atropurpurea)

[cdayinflorida]

Beautiful blooms. Have not seen the Auza before and it's gorgeous. Yes the cordigera is very fragrant. Don't cut off the whole of old spike - it's quite likely to rebloom from subsidiary branches (BTW got this tip from a post in OTF). My Epi floribundum x Enc cordigera, the pictures of which I posted some time ago, has now put out 3 side branches with, I hope, 3 times the number of flowers!

I'm posting pictures of the new subsidiary branches. I did cut off the part of the old spike just below the bottom bloom. This has encouraged the growth of the new branch spikes.

Thanks for sharing the great photos, Yew Sung

[cdayinflorida]

Beautiful blooms!

[mazlani]

Beautiful blooms. Have not seen the Auza before and it's gorgeous. Yes the cordigera is very fragrant. Don't cut off the whole of old spike - it's quite likely to rebloom from subsidiary branches (BTW got this tip from a post in OTF). My Epi floribundum x Enc cordigera, the pictures of which I posted some time ago, has now put out 3 side branches with, I hope, 3 times the number of flowers!

I'm posting pictures of the new subsidiary branches. I did cut off the part of the old spike just below the bottom bloom. This has encouraged the growth of the new branch spikes.

Thanks for the tip Yew Sung. This is something new to me .

[Dorsetman]

Auza has a very unusual colour pattern ; To have that on the lip is not that rare - e.g.the Encyc which heads the E section in IOSPE ( E.replicata from memory) but to have it on the tepals is most unusual. A nice one and a rare one.

[charity]

Oh wow! I've never seen one that color. Thanks now I have another on my want list