Cattleya aurantiaca 'SVO 4N' x Laelia angereri 'Peter T.' bloomed in my orchid tank

Only 6 months since last blooming and here it is again. My aurantiaca x angereri cattleya flowers again.
I grew this plant from small seedling that came from Cloud's and kind of proud that could bloom it all by myself.
Strange that this cross is not registered yet, I have it for 4-5 years already.
Really like this plant.

C. aurantiaca 'SVO' 4N x L. angereri 'Peter T.'

Here is what blooms in my tank now :





I got it as a small seedling from Clouds back in 2011. This is already second blooming. Last time it flowered in February 2015 and there were only 5 flowers. This time should be 12 blooms.

C. aurantiaca 'SVO' 4N x L. angereri 'Peter T.' bloomed

C. aurantiaca 'SVO' 4N x L. angereri 'Peter T.' made the first bloom cluster.



I am particularly proud of these blooms because I bought the plant as a seedling from Clouds orchids and grew and bloomed it myself.



Not a big fan of cattleyas, most of them are too fluffy for my taste, but this one I like.



Plant lives in my large tank and seems to like it.

C. aurantiaca x angereri update

Back in November I posted about C. aurantiaca x angereri growing first sheath thin papery formation coming from the newest pseudobulb. It was empty inside.
After about a month I noticed that sheath started to get brownish at the end and thought it was dying.
However later I noticed something solid coming out inside of it:




I couldn't use flash to maintain the back light, so the focus didn't behave, but the thing is visible. I would like to think that it is a cluster of buds forming. I have absolutely no experience with blooming catts and not sure if brown edge on the sheath is an issue. Wait and see...

C. aurantiaca x angereri

Back in September I discovered a new pseudobulb start on this cattleya primary seedling. Well, after just over two months here is the result:



New p-bulb grew very tall, it sits on the top shelf in the larger tank and is way too close to the lights now. Leaves are getting reddish patches. The new thing for me - light colored formation that comes out from the middle of the pseudobulb. I think it is what they call sheath, that's where the flower will come out.

Right now it seems empty inside, when I look on it with light at the back. I am not sure if the buds should come later or it is just faulty sheath that doesn't have flowers at all.
Time will tell...

C. aurantiaca x L. angereri

C. aurantiaca x L. angereri is growing a new pseudobulb.



Normally with all other my catts it wouldn't be a big deal - most of them grew more than one p-bulb since spring.
However it is a very big deal for C. aurantiaca x L. angereri because since its appearance here last fall it didn't grow a thing until now.
I mean there were new roots of course but all catts grow new roots like crazy, I wanted a new growth that potentially could flower some time in the future.
Stubborn plant was just sitting there doing nothing and I was questioning the usefullness of this purchase.
So, I was really happy to discover this little nub growing into new bulb.

C. aurantiaca x L. angereri

The actual name on the tag is C. aurantiaca 'SVO' 4N x L. angereri 'Peter T.' and it is supposed to have bright red flowers. It is the tallest of all my cattleyas.