Blooming Purple Cattleya Orchid

That's a beautiful colour !

Thats lovely Andy.......

Just beautiful

Wonderful

Thanks for all the comments! : > )

DELOCIOUS FLOWER they do not do well here unless you send them to the cooler tablelands for a winter holiday each year to get a cold chill . iI stick to Dendrobiums they just get tied to trees , they love growing on Plumeria where get full winter sun when those trees loose their leaves.and they like to be neglected all winter, no watering.

Pitta:

Cattleya orchids are very tropical in origin and really don't like any cold. You may be thinking of Cymbidium or Epidendrum orchids which like a little cool period in the winter.

Dendrobiums along witht many other genera of orchids
are grown here. Unfortunately, I don't have many ochids...palms are my favorite trees.