Lycaste Paul x Trevor Edwards

This is the first actually flowering for this Lycaste hybrid. It produced buds last year, but they blasted when i went out of town.

Hopefully the other flowers wont have the odd petal defect.
I am slowly getting the hang of these lycastes. Previously I let them dry out too much thinking all Lycastes needed a dry rest when the leaves dropped. Now I cut back thw water when the leaves drop off a skinnerii related cross, but they never completely dry out. Next i will focus on keeping the leaves from spotting.. ugh!

 

I take my lycastes outside starting in spring. So all kinds of things happen to the leaves... Wind, sticks, hail... Finding one of them or a catasetum on the ground is a regular occurrence. The tears and bends i can take. Its those spots that get me. I broke up with Zygos a while ago. The only ones i have left are just too spotted to even give away.

 

I just realized this hybrid has a name: Lycaste Memoria Mario Ferrusi.

Would one of the administrators update the post title for me?

A second flower opened a couple of days ago.