Laelia ID

[Clawhammer]

Hello friends. I received a "Laelia crispa" from Ecuagenera about two years ago in pretty rough shape. It finally bloomed after recovering but I'm pretty confident it is not laelia crispa, but rather purpurata.

Anyone know the cultivar?

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[Roberta]

Certainly looks like purpurata. You'll never know the exact cultivar. Even the variety is messy since different varieties get crossed - still the species. And naming of varieties are fuzzy anyway. At any rate, it's beautiful.

[Clawhammer]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Certainly looks like purpurata. You'll never know the exact cultivar. Even the variety is messy since different varieties get crossed - still the species. And naming of varieties are fuzzy anyway. At any rate, it's beautiful.

Thanks Roberta. It being beautiful does take the edge off of getting the wrong plant.

[Louis_W]

Oof, that's a tough one. I though purpurata too at first but now i think it looks like a peloric crispa. I'm pretty 5050, but if you bought it as crispa I might beleive that it is accurate.

[Roberta]

Doesn't look like crispa to me. Crispa has much narrower segments, which tend to "roll up". There may be cultivars of crispa with petals broader than normal, but petals look to me like f. striata or f. flamaea or combination of the two. The lip, though, does look a little like crispa... so it is possible that it is a cross between the two.