Cattleya Heathii semi-alba

[Becca]

What a beauty! I'll have to keep my eye out for one!

[savyk]

This is very pretty. I love the little pink color.

[Cookiemonster]

It is just lovely!! Never seen this one before!
I love how the walkeriana tamed down the leggy wild growth of loddigesii !!

[RosieC]

What a nice pure white. I love it

[Louise]

Originally Posted by Rosim_in_BR

A little, Louise. I studied five years 'La langue et la civilisation Française' (comme disaient les professeurs!) and spent some time in Paris (Vitry) while working for a multinational back in the 80's. It was part of our formal education to study the French language until the end of the 60's, then French was substituted by English.

So, whenever I don't find my words in english I'll talk to you in french

[P&S]

Dear Mauro,
I got a cattleya labeled, Cattleya dolosa var. semi-alba ,
Searching the internet and the forum I found some intesting comments ,many from you & other .
One thing that is not very clear to me yet is if the Cattleya Heathii is unifoliate and Cattleya Dolosa bifoliate ?
The plant that I got is unifoliate.
Thank you in advance for your kind reply.

[Anglo]

P&S, Since Mauro hasn’t visited the forum in awhile, here’s a response to your question while you’re waiting for him to comment.

The man made cross, C. Heathii, and the natural hybrid, C. dolosa both have a walkeriana x loddigesii origin and both are categorized as bifoliate Cattleyas (as is walkeriana, even though it usually has only one leaf per pseudobulb). The general expectation is that Heathiis and dolosas will both have two leaves per pseudobulb, but this isn’t always the case. Due to the walkeriana influence, some individuals tend to have only one.

The biggest difference between C. Heathii and C. dolosa is that dolosas in wild populations having multiple generations of dolosa ancestry are genetically stabilized. But they are not all alike. Those in different isolated populations may differ in flower form, height, and their consistency in producing two leaves on each growth.

[P&S]

Dear Anglo,
Thank you for your kind reply!
I am not sure yet, what realy is the plant that I get.
Let's hope that one day we will be lucky to see the flower,only then we will be sure.
I had one Catt. walkeriana with 2 leaves, one other Catt. nobilior with 3 leaves(!!!) but only in one pseudobulb and these are the oldest ones.The plant that I get has one leaf per pseudobulb (total 4 ).
I will try to post a pic. of the plant if that helps a little...
Thank you for your time and your knowledge on this matter.

[P&S]

Here is the plant!

Hosted on Fotki

[catwalker808]

P&S. From your photo, I don't think your plant is either a C walkeriana or a C dolosa (or C. Heathii).

If it is a Cattleya species, it may be something like C rex. Hopefully, you'll find out when it blooms.