Cattleya hybrid.

[DavidCampen]

Even the best growers can get tags mixed up when they are working with many thousands of seedlings.

I bought this from Sunset Valley Orchid in Dec. 2010 as C. maxima var alba x self. It has now flowered for the first time and it is obviously not C. maxima var alba.

Any ideas?. I am guessing that it has some coccinea in it.

[OCRC_Dir_China]

I would say C. ardmoor I have seen them for sale and at shows around southern areas of China.

[Fairorchids]

Have you tried asking SVO?

[DavidCampen]

Originally Posted by Fairorchids

Have you tried asking SVO?

I haven't yet asked Fred Clarke at SVO, I will, but I thought that it would be fun to see what we could do here.

I am fairly certain that it is one of Fred's hybrids, he mostly does not buy clones for resale, the seedlings that he sells are his own crosses (or clones of his own crosses) or, occasionally, seedlings of a new cross made by a grower that he collaborates with.

[Orchidsoutdoors]

Looks a lot like a hybrid I posted in this thread: http://www.orchidboard.com/community...tml#post661111

[tucker85]

It's very pretty! The problem is that Fred Clarke makes hundreds of crosses and, because they're seed grown, every one of the resulting hybrids looks a little different. He worked on breeding those flat, round red cattleyas for a long time so he has a lot of flowers that look like that. Have you looked through the photo section at his web-site?

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David, I went through some of Fred Clarkes photos and it's possible that it's one of his Pot. Winner's Circle hybrids. They all look a little different but here's a picture of one of them.

Sunset Valley Orchids - Superior Hybrids for Orchid Enthusiasts

[euplusia]

Sophrolaeliocattleya or eventually Potinara. Looks like it contains Sophronitis coccinea. Could be a 'Circle of Life' backcrossed with Sophronitis, but to be sure is not possible.