Gave a friend a piece of this plant a few years back and it has been mounted on a roebellni palm in south miami. The plant has grown and bloomed very well and since then I went through a zero balance orchids. a couple of years I started gathering plants again. So..... on a visit to this friend I claimed 3 skinny and without leaf backbulbs to try and reconstitute one of my favorite species... and 2.5 years later here it is in bloom.... As the plant gets larger and stronger the blooms will be in perfect shape and the color is pristine....