Rolf. Creole - Orchid Board

mnh3281 · #1 11-03-2006, 07:10 PM

I think this is part of the Cattleya Alliance...but it's finally in bloom and beautiful! There are more buds on the way too!!

I'm not going to lie, though....I was hoping for a little more orange-ness to it...maybe with age?

(Here's some time lapsed photography for you)

OrchidTess · #2 11-03-2006, 07:33 PM

Thats neat! Love the color. Kind of looks like a reddish Glauca.

Marco · #3 11-03-2006, 08:27 PM

Cool....love the yellow on red

mnh3281 · #4 11-03-2006, 09:45 PM

Yeah, it reminds me of jello in a weird way. Although the petals are thick, they are some what translucent, which is difficult to see in the picture, but in person they are. It is very much like cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving

Tindomul · #5 11-03-2006, 11:25 PM

Great color! Nice size too. Now, what does ROFL stand for?

mnh3281 · #6 11-04-2006, 08:43 AM

Rolf. = Rolfeara = Brassavola x Cattleya x Sophronitis

Who knew?

Milda · #7 11-04-2006, 03:39 PM

Nice color, and the shape is also interesting!! Any scent?

Milda

mnh3281 · #8 11-04-2006, 03:42 PM

No scent

but the color is becoming more orange as it matures which is nice. It starts out sort of cranberry colored and becomes more orange/red as it matures. Very interetsing plant.

Wendy · #9 11-04-2006, 04:42 PM

That is a very interesting flower. It's beautiful and well grown. Thank you for posting it. i always love seeing what everyone else has in bloom.