Kathy, I'm with the Ursula School when it comes to picking favs and I do love Encyclias. That said, Encyclia cordigera has always been right up there at the top. I've got one that almost succumbed to scale and I'm hoping that's the reason it didn't bloom this past year.
I had the most humongous specimen years ago that would be covered in flowers about now. Well, I used to be 5' 10" and a size 8 too
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