Seed grown plants can have tremendous variety.
If you cross two yellows, most will be yellow.
If you cross two dissimilar parents, almost anything can happen.
A few years ago Fred Clarke (SVO) crossed the spotted C. Katherine Clarkson with C. Cosmic Angel (splash type), looking for new combinations. Here is a photo of 5 of them for reference.
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Kim (Fair Orchids)
Founder of SPCOP (Society to Prevention of Cruelty to Orchid People), with the goal of barring the taxonomists from tinkering with established genera!
I am neither a 'lumper' nor a 'splitter', but I refuse to re-write millions of labels.
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