Possible Cattleya Alliance ID Please/Bud Watch
I was hoping to get some possible further identification to this orchid. I am not looking for an exact match and understand it will probably remain a NOID forever. My guess is it falls into the Cattleya alliance but I was hoping to narrow it down a little bit more (Brassavola, Broughtonia, Cattleya, Encyclia, Epidendrum, Laelia, Rhyncolaelia, etc.)
Backstory - This was given to me over 6 years ago by my mother in law and she had no idea what it was. She just told me it was an orchid. It never did well for me and just seemed to survive, not thrive. Then a few years back when I really got hooked on orchids I mounted it like most of my others and it started to take off, new growths and tons of roots. It is actually permanently attached to the wall now. It currently has several buds forming but attached is a photo of my mother in laws plant with a flower (the mother plant that she gave me a piece of years ago). Any help would be appreciated!
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