Cattleya Magairlin (nobilior x aclandiae) - Orchid Board

isurus79 · #1 05-05-2019, 11:49 PM

A friend here in Austin crossed his two awarded Cattleya (aclandiae ‘Stephen’ x nobilior ‘Michael’ which both received AM/AOS) and created a new cross, which he registered as C. Magairlin. We (Alamo Judging Center) awarded this flower with an AM/AOS today. Absolutely stunning flower that is hard as plastic and 3cm larger than either parent.

He gave me a flask a few years back, so I'm pretty excited to see mine bloom!

Cattleya Magairlin (aclandiae x nobilior) by Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis, on Flickr

fishmom · #2 05-06-2019, 02:06 AM

Stunning is right!!!

Subrosa · #3 05-06-2019, 06:00 AM

Fragrance?

katrina · #4 05-06-2019, 12:55 PM

Gorgeous!!! And now....I am EVEN MORE upset that i lost the babies i got from you in that trade we did awhile back.

isurus79 · #5 05-06-2019, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by fishmom

Stunning is right!!!

Indeed! I look forward to more blooms from the sibs!

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Originally Posted by Subrosa

Fragrance?

Yes! Incredibly potent scent from the aclandiae.

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Originally Posted by katrina

Gorgeous!!! And now....I am EVEN MORE upset that i lost the babies i got from you in that trade we did awhile back.

Shoot, no worries! I'll have plenty of divisions soon enough! lol

JungleJo · #6 05-06-2019, 03:11 PM

Wow! Great work by both you and your friend

SaraJean · #7 05-06-2019, 03:11 PM

Whoa, it’s a beauty! If I was just looking at the first two pictures I would have guessed that it was a lot more delicate of a flower, something like the labiates. That is a VERY nice cross

sam1147 · #8 05-07-2019, 03:48 AM

Awesome

Leafmite · #9 05-07-2019, 12:19 PM

That is a really amazing flower! What a great idea of a cross!

isurus79 · #10 05-07-2019, 02:18 PM

I was talking to the breeder the other day and we are both surprised no one else has thought to cross these two species before. Amazing!