Epidendrum macbridei Laeliocattleya which encourages strong inflorescence development

which encourages strong inflorescence development

especially when mature

while the trilobed lip features a wide bilobed frontal lobe and a prominent white central callus flanked by a visible column

Valda × Ctt

One of the more floriferous varieties in the genus

Epidendrum macbridei Laeliocattleya which encourages strong inflorescence developmentA reed stem epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing lax racemes of few, well spaced flowers with curved ovaries that give the blooms a gracefully downward facing orientation. The flowers display broad, oval, horizontally spreading sepals, shorter curved petals, and a prominent three lobed white lip with spreading lateral lobes, an apiculate central lobe, and a visible callus. Light: Bright indirect light with 4060% shade cloth;