a Lueddemaniana without horns a real life story.

[palm521]

I am from Venezuela (lives in Mexico)

but I always wondered what happens if judges makes a mistake to a plant that is supposed to be an species, but then it happens it is not? can they remove such awards?

this happened already. with Cattleya lueddemaniana "cerro verde" (that is not a lueddemaniana but acording to some experts a primary hybrid of C.lueddemaniana and C. warscewiczii some others say it was crossed with C.gigas)

there was so much talk about it (Back in the days) that it ended up being funny. (even people in Venezuela was making jokes about the "judges" who judged something that was not what they believed).

the main thing (among others) that clearly identify it as a non pure lueddemaniana was the lack of the usual horns in the column that every single lueddemaniana in existence has.

I remember Mantellini , fighting hordes of orchid experts and fans alike, and until today I believe he still claims that the "cerro verde" is a lueddemaniana!

to keep story short, Mantellini crossed it with other lueddemanianas and the seedlings when flowered lacked the horns. he crossed the seedlings with other "pure" lueddemaniana and yes you guessed. no horns. he did a sib cross , still no horns but plant resembled it parent)

so no horns, and I still see it listed with a AM/AOS.
comments ?

PS. being a luddemaniana or not , it is still a beautiful flower, and it is for sure worth of being in any collection