Cattleya dowiana question

[isurus79]

Just depends on who is breeding what and where those plants are in their growth cycle. Rosita is usually the most commonly available variety in my opinion.

[K-Sci]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Just depends on who is breeding what and where those plants are in their growth cycle. Rosita is usually the most commonly available variety in my opinion.

That's my opinion as well.

Does anyone know how the rose color comes through in hybrids with v. rosita? I've read that the yellow is exceedingly recessive and that C. dowiana tends to bring out deeper lavenders. Both these runs against what one would expect.

-Keith

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by K-Sci

That's my opinion as well.

Does anyone know how the rose color comes through in hybrids with v. rosita? I've read that the yellow is exceedingly recessive and that C. dowiana tends to bring out deeper lavenders. Both these runs against what one would expect.

-Keith

I don’t that a whole lot of rosita hybrids have been made. I would assume you make the reds even darker than the typical dowiana.

[K-Sci]

After giving some thought, it may be that C. dowiana aurea is more common right now because H&R Nurseries has been selling 4N x 2N and 4N x 4N aurea crosses from their select stock for around a year. Maybe earlier since that's when I noticed them. I've been growing 65 seedlings from the H&R 4Nx 4N compot for about 10 months. A lot of the aurea on eBay are about the same size as mine. Some are slightly larger, others are slightly smaller.

-Keith