Cattleya intermedia var. orlata
 

My friend gave us two plants from flask which he raised. One stayed with me and one with my fiance. This is her plant. She bloomed hers first. Mine isn't even close.

Cross is 'Enid' x 'Superlative Thing'

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Cattleya intermedia var orlata by paphioman, on Flickr

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Cattleya intermedia var orlata by paphioman, on Flickr

Great looking blooms and 2 flowers even! Great growing!

Gorgeous!

How long did it take from flask? Very nice

Congrats for raising it from flask to flower.

Very nice flowers

Thanks everyone. How are yours doing Silken? They took about a little over 4 years to flower. The most vigorous seedling of the group took a little over 3 years from the day it was deflasked.

2 of my 3 seem quite robust and have lots of new growths. The 3rd is fine but definitely not as hardy as the other 2. Maybe we'll see blooms on ours soon!

Very nice

Don't know why the word "Exquisite" popped up in my mind :roll::)
What a beauty!!!!