For the first time since I have owned it my Laelia gouldiana is blooming. I bought it from Andy's Orchids at the Pacific Orchid exposition years ago.
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| The whole plant, mounted on a branch |
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| Laelia gouldiana flowers |
Laelia gouldiana is a tough and lovely Mexican member of the Cattleya alliance from the state of Hidalgo, where it grows (or maybe grew?) in the branches of trees. It was named for an American (Jay Gould) and was discovered and first described in an American orchid collection in the late 19th century.
Multiple sources online claim that this species "might be extinct in the wild," but it's quite difficult to find much more information than that.
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| Laelia gouldiana flowers |
2 comments:
Yay!!
It does look very healthy : )
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