C. Caudabec Candy

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This one is a bit of a chameleon.

The colouring - in particular how pink it can get, seems to be quite temperature dependent. Temperature dependence of flower colouring is well known among lots of orchids.

This time around, I allowed the plant to receive quite bright light - direct early to late morning sunlight (which makes the plant quite warm, and maybe the buds too) - right through to the budding and flowering stage. Not very pink at all. More toward the whitish side. Will see if there's any change in the days ahead.

I do know for sure that - towards the end of the bloom period, the flowers will quite abruptly transition to a reddish-pink colour.

The photos below were taken today, with the C. Caudabec Candy flowers opened for several days now (since buds first opening).









Above: C. Caudabec Candy (right) with Ctt. Porcia 'Cannizarro' (left).