This beauty has leaves of deep purple with a bluish black hue topside depending on light gets an iridescent look with green underside

very stunning foliage

Has not previously spiked

can grow outdoors year round zone 10

Orchid Cattleya Epi magnoliae Florida Native Green Fly Orchid Mad Happenings Tropical Plant funny graphic shirt This beauty has leaves ofEpi. magnoliae aka Green Fly Orchid A must for any collector. This species is a Florida native orchid and the only epiphytic orchid that grows outside of the state of Florida in the US. Can tolerate temps from the 90's to 20's. It is a micro orchid, a small miniature that plants are often no larger than thumb size. The do in time develop spreading colony. See in pics plants growing in 3" pots and blooming. The pics are of some of the actual plants,