oooo ... that's fabulous! what a wonderful gift!

I wish you a good bloom, the main thing is it sounds like you saved the plant.

LOL I did at that ...thank you,in case you need to know this one makes new psudobulbs and the roots will not start from the new growth untill after the Pbulbs are almost mature.Mine also likes to grow almost straight up as if to climb a tree...Mine looks like it went to the side in the picture because having one root to sustain her It wanted to lean over and I just left it where it was the most stable.

The blooms that were on mine when I bought it lasted several weeks and had just a trace of a scent ...does yours have a noticble scent?

Colour is terrific! Thanks for sharing.

I love this one whenever I see it. I have both this and it's parent Wendy's valentine. Both are great red compact catts with long lasting flowers.

I would love to see the parent, any pictures? The bloom just finished on mine.

I don't have a picture at hand, but my bloom looked identical to this one, you can see hsin buu lady is kind of a mix of the color of this flower and the form of laelia anceps

http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~aat16730/Slc-01.jpg

thank you for the reply and I have to agree with you on the color. Another one to add to my Long wish list.

No scent that I noticed,but I only checked in the morning.Good to know about the roots though

You are welcom, Ed. It seems that everybody has an ever-growing long list:rofl: At some point, you will want to have larger space, so you can make the list longer:biggrin:I haven't check my list for quite a while, since every bit space in my home that can recieve enough light is taken...