Zygopetalum maxillare

I posted this last August so sorry for another post so quickly. It bloomed in August, now March, and Marni has an old post with a plant blooming in December so I don't know if it has a definite flowering season. These flowers are definitely in my top ten favorites but the plants are nothing very special.

The spikes emerge from a young growth before the pseudobulb becomes obvious and when the leaves are about 1/2 the length of the mature leaves. My plant is growing in bright light (Cattleya light), intermediate-warm temperatures and in a basket loosely filled with coconut fiber. Watered year-round.

Today was a gray day and the first photo is taken with natural light. The second photo is with a flash. Photo #3 is detail of why it has the species epithet of maxillare (maxilla is the upper jaw bone and Latin for jaw).

 

Thanks, Ryan. I have only had mine for a year and August was my first blooming. I hope mine does twice per year also.

Thanks, Marni.

 

Thanks for the compliment.
Unfortunately, there is no fragrance that I can detect.

 

Here is the plant photo from August. It is in a 6" basket.
If my memory serves me correctly each flower lasts around 2 weeks and the spike emergence has been staggered so the plant was in bloom for a few months.