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Laelia endsfeldzii
This orchid bloomed in mid November last year with five flowers. This year we have four flowers but they are much bigger and the flower stalk towers at 37 cm in height. Laelia endsfeldzii is a native of Brazil, in the state of Minas Gerais near Itutinga. This orchid is rupicolous, meaning, it grows among rocks.
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| A) November 8th. |
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| B) A close up of the developing flower buds. |
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| C) By November 29th, the inflorescence or flower stalk was reaching upwards. It was difficult finding a good spot in our orchidarium. |
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| D) By December 20th, almost all four flowers were completely open. The flower stalk measured at 37 cm or 15 inches in height. |
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| E) Upon closer examination of the flowers, we noticed a darker yellow or even orange tinge on the tip of nearly all of the sepals. This was interesting as this star shaped flower should have a homogenous yellow to pale yellow appearance. This was what we saw last year. |
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| F) Today, December 31st. |
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| G) Fully opened flowers. |
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| H) What a beautiful star shaped flower, with ruffled lip like lace! |
I hope you've enjoyed this post. Another one should be just around the corner.
Happy 2016 everyone!
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