Antique, Vintage & Heirloom Cattleyas

[jcaesar]

Originally Posted by Jerry Delaney

I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for, i.e. just old plants or older plants that started the backbone of many hybrids over the years. Some of the "oldies" are still popular today. Here are just a few names you might want to consider,

PLANT-Date Registered
BC Deesse-1947
C Porcia'Cannizaro' FCC/AOS-1927
C Luminosa-1901
BLC Ranger Six 'AOK'1964
BLC Nacouchee-1952
SLC Anzac 1921
BLC Victoria 'Bluebird'1929
LC Irene Finney - 1964
LC Ariel - 1907
And, this doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. I would also kind of think about the virus problem. If someone tests the plant and it tests positive for virus it's probably a safe assumption that the plant is indeed virused. However, if it tests negative, I would not automatically assume that the plant is virus free. I am not aware of any false positives but the same can't be said of negatives.

That's some list. I used to have an Ariel Coerulea. I didn't know it was that old. I also had a Ranger Six which is now 6 feet under. It was one of my first orchids. The name reminded me of one of those old black & white tv westerns from the 50's.