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Originally Posted by pipsxlch
I saw the one on Chadwick's site (not in a position atm to get a $100 plant, maybe if it sticks around) but the question was more rhetorical. There are LOTS of wonderful older crosses that would probably do well on the marketplace today (thinking things like Keowee, my Languedoc is always a hit when people see it) but that can pretty much only be found as divisions or clearouts from older collections.
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Cattleya growers are an anachronism - there are very few "serious" growers left, and fewer still care about the classics. For the most part, there's no market for standard sized Cattleyas now, so getting these older clones means waiting till someone makes a division available. Very few of them ever get mericloned. I'm just grateful that ANY of these older standard plants are still to be found, at any price.
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