thanks for sharing these with us, Juan
Encyclia alata holds special meaning for my mother-in-law and myself. About 7 years ago, a friend of hers was moving away and gave my MIL an orchid, not blooming and with no tag. She cared for it for years with no results. We called it her "mystery orchid" and it was an ongoing source of laughter. About 2 years ago, it finally bloomed! We decided to bring it to our local meeting to see if we could learn more about it. Neither of us had ever had an orchid before. We walked in the door with this big gorgeous orchid and one of the members, Garnet, walked past and said "Oh, nice Encyclia alata"! I was so impressed that I knew then I just had to learn more about these wonderful plants...and the rest is history
I've since divided it for her and of course...I got a division
