C. Caudebec x Gct. Why Not

[SaraJean]

That’s just lovely! I just ordered 3 L harpophylla x Ctna Why Not ‘Red Gold’ seedlings from the speaker at our next orchid society meeting that I am really looking forward to. I’ll be curious to talk to him about the breeding trends

Originally Posted by estación seca

It's interesting to see these Cattleya alliance crosses.


So we had a period of well over 150 years of endless floofy Catts. Bifoliate breeding was pretty much ignored, though flowering bifoliates are amazing. They aren't big and floofy, though. Judging standards drove this, at least partly, I think.

that is unfortunate, but I’m glad to see this trend changing
I’ve found myself more and more drawn to the crosses that have a high percentage of bifoliates or other Brazilian species in them, like the rupicolous laelias. Those clusters of flowers beat out the big fluffy blooms for me every single time. How I have gone from having no Cattleyas this time last year (with the exception of an Iwangara Appleblossom that I bloomed, decided I didn’t like, and has been laying rootless on its side for the last 2 years on the back of a bench, now with 4 spikes ) to having over 25 Cattleyas is beyond me..