wonderfull!!!

Wow!
My husband would say THAT is an orchid, no matter what it's name is.

My warneri blooms reliably every spring - aren't you going into fall?

Gorgeous bloom and pic!

Brooke

You're right Brooke, it shouldn't be flowering now. I'm assuming it is warneri, no-one so far has contradicted me. I'm just pleased to get some flowers after a long wait!

It's gorgeous! So many blooms too! I love blue cattleyas, just lovely.

ifraser I guess I was trying to be polite and say I don't think you have a warneri. I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but the season is wrong for the bloom.

I wish I had a better picture of my warneri but you will notice the shape and lip are totally different.

Here is a picture of a better match - this is Cattlianthe
Sapphire 'Highjack' AM/AOS

A close up

and a full shot This is labiata bred to a primary hybrid but it is a closer match than a warneri.

There are two gentlemen on Orchid Board from Brazil and are VERY good at IDing catt species. If it is a hybrid they might even help there, particularly if it is a common hybrid in your area.

Whatever it is, it is gorgeous.

Brooke - note to self, get a better pic of warneri :>)

I blame El Nino!

Exquisite!...what ever it is!~Charm

I guess I am wrong. I had a nasty feeling I was. Another point that worried me was the absence of scent. Has to go down as another NOID...:~(

It is beautiful, no matter what it is, but I know we always want to know what they are. I hope my blue one blooms that nice, I have had it for a couple of years and havent seen it in flower yet. Keep hoping. Tricia

Beautiful flowers ifraser, it's a keeper!

It looks more like a hybrid because of its better shape (though flowers look a bit small for a C Warneri). It reminds me of either its a Blc Lois McNeil or one of the blue catt hybrids created by Ervin Granier...

-Harvey

... or possibly C. Portia (http://www.pbase.com/bjramsay/image/90671310)

Thank you for the suggestion,Bryan,that it might be Cattleya Portia (C.bowringiana x labiata). I did not know there was a blue form of this, but bowringiana and labiata, apart from being very commonly grown species locally, both have blue (actually it's more lavender really) forms. The color, shape and form of the flowers on my plant are certainly very like bowringiana, so much so, that I'm now wondering whether it isn't Catt.bowringiana var.coerulea!

I'm still convinced that it might be C. Portia :) I googled for images of C. Bowringiana var coerulea and all pics indicates that it has cream-colored throat compared to the one you have which is more yellowish. Nevertheless, its very beautiful and IMHO a hard-to-find variety nowadays.

Wow, stunning

Whatever the name, it seems to likely have C. Bowringiana in it (though I am not convinced it is C. Bowringiana var coerulea itself) C. Portia is actually quite likely...

Beautiful