Best Rhyncholaelia digbyana hybrids

[Orchidtinkerer]

Brassa,
you are always thinking what I am thinking. Maybe great minds think alike as I was just thinking the digbyana is a smell I need to add but would be too big.

The most famous cross of the digbyana from my research is the Rlc Ports of Paradise.

This is still a relatively big Cattleya and problematic for my climate is the warm growing temperatures - probably less for you.

I did discover a new cross recently that is being sold by orchidgarden called Rlc Prapa Green which is slightly smaller but still a big Cattleya.

I have found another nice looking cross but I know too little about the parents to get this one - yet.
It is a small and cool grower crossed with the digbyana so should be what I am looking for but I just got the parent instead first (since it is small and cool growing) the Rhyncholaelia Glauca. Crossed with the digbyana it gives you a Brassavola (rhyncholaelia) Aristocrat.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Orchidtinkerer

I have found another nice looking cross but I know too little about the parents to get this one - yet.
It is a small and cool grower crossed with the digbyana so should be what I am looking for but I just got the parent instead first (since it is small and cool growing) the Rhyncholaelia Glauca. Crossed with the digbyana it gives you a Brassavola (rhyncholaelia) Aristocrat.

Just a small correction, digbyana is also a Rhyncholaelia now (has been for quite awhile) so it's Rhyncholaelia Aristocrat. The "B" in the floofy-lipped Blc's is actually Rl. digbyana, reflected in the genus name changes that we all love to hate.