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font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/1600/L.%20anceps1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/200/L.%20anceps1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;" >M</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >any, many months ago in early <a href="http://laelinophile.blogspot.com/2005/09/fordyce-orchids.html">September 2005</a>, we took a day trip out to Livermore California to visit the cattleya nursery run by Frank Fordyce. While not as overwhelming as Gold Country Orchids, Fordyce had an interesting mix of cattleya hybrids, mostly Frank's own creations. Being a bit of a species snob, I took little interest in most of the offerings. We did come across a <span style="font-style: italic;">Laelia anceps</span> hybrid that Frank claimed was a superior seed cross...the only problem was he couldn't remember quite what the flowers looked like. The plant had a small spike and I thought it would only be a matter of weeks until it bloomed. Well it turned out to be quite a few weeks now that nearly six months have passed since we purchased the plant.<br /><br />The flowers have been well worth the wait, three diamond dusted beauties held proudly on a five foot spike. Like <span style="font-style: italic;">C. walkeriana</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Laelia anceps</span> exhibits quite a bit of phenotypic variation. This clone has large imposing pseudobulbs and a very tall</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/1600/Nov%2021%20010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/200/Nov%2021%20010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > spike, the other cloned that bloomed out in November, has small bulbs and a short spike. The spike was barely six inches long, but it only had one flower. The vendor, I believe <a href="http://www.orchidsoflososos.com/about.html">Orchids of Los Osos</a>, said that this was a superior clone; in comparison with other <span style="font-style: italic;">L. anceps</span> that have bloomed for me thus far, it certainly has proved to have a lovely color and habit. I hope this trait is carried through into the attempted <span style="font-style: italic;">Bl.</span> Aurora cross made in November.<br /><br />The decision to purchase a new orchid is rarely a rational one; growers are often </span><a style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/1600/Rhyncholaelia%20glauca.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/200/Rhyncholaelia%20glauca.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >siezed with the thought of bringing something new into their collection or attempting a species with specific cultural requirements. Such was the case with the purchase of <span style="font-style: italic;">Rhyncholaelia [Brassavola] glauca </span>v. alba during a recent orchid show. This is a large specimen sized plant, one of the largest in my entire collection. It was not in bloom, but I had a hunch that the developing sheaths would ripen with the promise of flowers. I was right. Three pseudobulbs delivered these oddly shaped flowers with an exagerrated lip. This clone lacks the red spot</span><a style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/1600/B.%20glauca%201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7747/1191/200/B.%20glauca%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > that is typically found in the throat of most <span style="font-style: italic;">B. glauca</span> types.<br /><br />And then there is the fragrance. When the lights dim at night, the air filled with a heady scent akin to lemon vanilla with a hint of jasmine. Very exotic. An attempt to pollinate these flowers with the <span style="font-style: italic;">L. anceps </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">C. walkeriana </span>pollen failed. 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