Cattleya jenmanii? Or something else
Hello,
Just wanted some opinions on this plant. I got it as a division from a late friend over 15 years ago. The original plant was wild collected, I believe she purchased it sometime in the 70's as a fresh import. It was labeled as C. jenmanii tipo 60773, which I'm thinking may have been the date she acquired the plant originally or perhaps an ID number of some sort.
Its spent most of its time as a windowsill plant, rarely flowering and when it would, it was always a single, weak bloom. I never really questioned the ID, but after giving it better conditions in my indoor grow space... I'm not so sure the jenmanii ID is accurate.
This time I got two, large (approximately 6.5" span), shapely flowers, which are much darker than it's previous bloomings. I can hardly believe it's the same plant! The color of the lip and the really prominent yellow spots in the throat are what's throwing me, as I've sifted through a bunch of pictures on the web and couldn't find any jenmanii that really closely resemble this plant. So, any Cattleya experts have opinions on this one? I've always been OCD about having plants properly ID'ed so it's been bugging me haha
Thanks!
Mike
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