Fdk. L'Amour de Vie de Sue

[MateoinLosAngeles]

I bought this division last year from a local grower and I thought it was gonna be a goner... to my surprise not only it survived my care but it started spiking and just recently opened up.

Fdk. L'amour de vie de Sue (Mormodia Painted Desert x Catasetum Louise Clarke) was registered in 2015, I imagine the hybrid was probably from the 2013 or 2014 SVO list.

Flowers are a decent 3x2 inch, and this particular one came out pretty black with a delicate cream outline on very goblin-like petals, the scent is "soapy" and faint, when close it smells like lavender and mint but doesn't have an overpowering room-filling fragrance.

A delight!