c Walkeriana - Growths with no leaves or flowers

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by MateoinLosAngeles

You know, that growth might actually not be a blooming one Lol but I do trust SVO's labeling. I would be surprised if they tagged a hybrid as a species? C. walkeriana x loddigesii is C. Heathii, is this something that has happened with walkeriana? Heathii being sold as walkeriana?

If the plant came from SVO, send Fred Clarke an email and ask him. He shares his knowledge very willingly.

[MateoinLosAngeles]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Unfortunately, The Chairman is known to have loddigesii in the background.

*gasp*

[Clawhammer]

I ended up moving my walkeriana to my cool/intermediate room to see if giving it cooler winter temps would help. I am absolutely sure it wasn't a light issue. ES, thanks for the suggestion that it could be water. It has two new growth right now, hoping they turn into leaves! I'm going to up the watering frequency. I will follow up when the new growths mature.

[MateoinLosAngeles]

I got curious about what should I call this plant if this walkeriana is a hybrid with loddigesii, because it is a primary hybrid it exists as C. x dolosa but also registered as C. Heathii. Someone hybridized C. x dolosa x C. Heathii and picked the name "Cattleya Conundrum" for the hybrid

Best name for a hybrid ever.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by MateoinLosAngeles

I got curious about what should I call this plant if this walkeriana is a hybrid with loddigesii, because it is a primary hybrid it exists as C. x dolosa but also registered as C. Heathii. Someone hybridized C. x dolosa x C. Heathii and picked the name "Cattleya Conundrum" for the hybrid

Best name for a hybrid ever.

Right up there with Cycnoches Mass Confusion! I’d just leave the name tag as is since you don’t know the ratio of the various parents.

[MateoinLosAngeles]

Originally Posted by isurus79

Right up there with Cycnoches Mass Confusion! I’d just leave the name tag as is since you don’t know the ratio of the various parents.

Maybe we need a thread to compile orchid controversies and resulting funny names.

I want one of my "walkerianas" *cough* *coug* to get awarded so I can pick and record one of these cultivar names:

C. walkeriana 'if you say so'
C. walkeriana 'yeah sure'
C. walkeriana 'allegedly'
C. walkeriana 'conspiracy'
C. walkeriana 'who are you'
C. walkeriana 'Bruce Wayne' (because it's an orphan)
C. walkeriana 'Heathii in disguise'
C. walkeriana 'Dude where's my dad?'
C. walkeriana 'Mudblood' (for Harry Potter)
C. walkeriana 'what happened?'

Ima keep thinking and make it my life purpose to get it awarded Lol

[Neural_Toxin]

And I thought my idea of making a Laelia hybrid and register it as "Is not a Cattleya" is unique enough... Imagine one day taxonomists move it under Cattleya...

[MateoinLosAngeles]

Originally Posted by Neural_Toxin

And I thought my idea of making a Laelia hybrid and register it as "Is not a Cattleya" is unique enough... Imagine one day taxonomists move it under Cattleya...

And I thought Laelias had already been moved into Cattleyas!

[Roberta]

Well, it depends... the Mexican Laelias are still Laelia (and also the Schomburgkias that got moved into Laelia). It's the Brazilian Laelias that got moved into Cattleya.

[RJSquirrel]

it only matters when you take them in have one awarded then The Identification Task Force can take it over. Thats what they are there to do.

The American Orchid Society

you can look thru these and find what you need to know.

Cattleya walkeriana 'Pendentive' FCC/AOS (90 points)

Award No: 20232590 Date: Mar 11, 2023