C. intermedia var. aquinii X sib

[pheli]

I have waited for several days, but the blooms seem still semi-opened.
The 'aquinii' version was once very rare here, but now seedlings are quite easily available here.
It is not easy however to find excellent strains from these seedlings. Many of them don't have good color contrast or others, like my plant, cannot open their flowers fully.

[bitis78]

I WANT IT!!! Beautiful!

[Rosim_in_BR]

That's the major problem with the aquini intermedia, Pheli. This trait is dominant, so most part of the plants don't fully open. Actually, it is quite difficult to find one with flat flowers.

[Neverend]

Nice colour though!

[pheli]

Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for your information, Mauro. That’s indeed a main weakness of the aquinii intermedia.
Here shows another aquinii which has a flatter flower.
I purchased this plant labeled as 'C. intermedia var. aquinii', several years ago. After it bloomed last spring, I have been suspecting it is C. Interoglossa because it lacks the central purple lines of C. intermedia.
Mauro or someone else, could you give me any idea about it?

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by pheli

Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for your information, Mauro. That’s indeed a main weakness of the aquinii intermedia.
Here shows another aquinii which has a flatter flower.
I purchased this plant labeled as 'C. intermedia var. aquinii', several years ago. After it bloomed last spring, I have been suspecting it is C. Interoglossa because it lacks the central purple lines of C. intermedia.
Mauro or someone else, could you give me any idea about it?

Duno, Pheli... I'd say if it were C. interglossa the lip would be entirely purple, including the area in front of the column. The whitish interruption on the lip in front of the column, like it appears on your plant, is more common to Cattleya Claesiana, the primary hybrid between C. intermedia and C. loddigesii and that would be my first opinion on your flower. Take a look at the following photo. Here an aquini intermedia was crossed with loddigesii and the whitish zone in front of the column is perfectly visible and is inherited from loddigesii.