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     Stacy Roberson Rating: N/A |
What about something like Blc. Gold Bug? It's an aurantiaca cross, I do believe. Usually has one or two flowers on short inflorescences. I had five seedlings which bloomed out from pink with burgundy flecks to solid, clear yellow. Just a possibility.  | ||
| Stephen Kemp Rating: N/A |
Hi Paula Can't help you with this one sorry. Anyone else? Yours might still be a C. Carribean but just a different clone. Size of the flowers and inflorescence could be due to cultural or clonal differences too. Also try taking it to your local OS - someone there might have the same plant and recognise it | ||
| Paula Gould Rating: N/A |
Hi Stephen. I know that his plant isn't labelled as he just gave it to me as an unnamed extra that he received from someone else. Sadly, I believe that it came from an elderly person who could no longer care for their collection. I don't have a digital camera myself, but my friend does so I emailed him today to see if he happens to have a picture of the plant in bloom. If he does I will most certainly post a picture to see if anyone recognizes it. The closest thing that I could find as of yet is Cattleya Caribbean. This is a picture of Cattleya Carribean 'Orange Dream'. The overall look is about right, but my plant is a much richer solid orange, with the slight, pale, burgandy edge to the lip. The petals on mine are shorter and a little rounder with a slight backward curl, and the inflorescence is about half as long.  | ||
| Stephen Kemp Rating: N/A |
I don't know that much about Cattleya hybrids. I reckon I could almost recognise the ubiquitous Blc. Sylvia Fry but if Catt. hybrids are like the other major species used for hybridising (Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis etc) it would be almost impossible to accurately pick the background. Especially Catt which interbreeds with so many other Catt alliance species. I would recommend (if possible) posting a pic and letting others have a guess - educated or otherwise. The other suggestion would be to do a bit of detective work. If you know the source of the division your friend gave you they may have their plant labelled. Check the show benches for the same or similar hybrids. Cheers...Steve (Message edited by stephen on December 28, 2003) | ||
| Paula Gould Rating: N/A |
I wasn't sure under which heading to post this, but I think this should work. Does anyone have any good websites or books that they could suggest for trying to identify a cattleya hybrid? I have one that is an unidentified division that was given to me by a friend. I've poured over many websites today trying to find something close to it with not a lot of luck. It is a 'chubbyish' bifoliate cattleya with the tallest pseudobulbs standing about 12 inches in height. There are 2 clear, solid orange flowers that shift only slightly to a more yellowy tone near the very center with a spread of 2.5 inches on a very short infloresence. The column is very short and small. The flowers have a very smooth, matte surface with a very slight sheen, and the only markings are some small burgandy flecks at the very inner portion of the petals. There is some fine burgandy veining on the inner half of the lip, and a very, very fine light burgandy edge to the lip that 'bleeds' inward slightly. The petals have a backward curl to them. I am rather sure that Cattleya aurantiaca may be in its background and the spotting is reminiscent of Bl. Richard Mueller. If anyone knows of anything that sounds close I would appreciate any leads to look into. Right now I am looking up C. aurantiaca crosses to see if I can find something similar. It would seem possible that there may be a cross with Sc. Beaumont somewhere in its background as the shape looks like a cross between Sc. Beaumont and C. aurantiaca. I'm not looking for a positive identification per se, especially with only a slight verbal description, but it would be nice to have a general idea of what this plant may be. |
