Catasetum pileatum var. Aureum 'Christina'

[kavanaru]

This is teh same plant I posted a while ago, which was supposed to be white/yellow... it keeps getting better everytime, the fragance is even stronger than last year very strong tutti-frutti... there was another spike with many more flowers (22!!) but unfortunatelly got broken (too heavy and the edge of the pot too sharp)...

I learned my lesson: S/H pot^s edges are too sharp for catasetinae spikes... this one, and the third one which is growing now are getting some help to keep them off the edge of the pot.

Last season, the flowers were about 10 cm wide. This year: 12 cm wide!!

I could not decide which photo I should post, so here you have all three