Catasetum - was supposed to be Cycnodes Wine Delight

[Oranagra]

Hi, i bought a Cycnodes Wine Delight last year, and now it is finally in bloom.
i was expecting a deep red color..
is that a yellow Wine Delight, or something else?
thanks a lot.

[nikkik]

It looks like Cycnodes Wine Delight 'Yellow Swan'.

[Roberta]

I also found a photo in Orchidwiz of another Cycd. Wine Delight that is yellow, 'Jumbo Oriches' awarded in Taiwan. Unusual, but genetically reasonable - parents are Mormodes sinuata (the source of the red color most usually seen) and Cyc. lehmannii which is mostly green (saw a few photos that were more green-bronze) So the Mormodes sinuata is usually dominant for color, but clearly not always. Really pretty. (Sort of like in a family of brown-eyed people, one kid comes up with blue eyes... genetics not necessarily straightforward)

[Ben_in_North_FLA]

looks very similar to cycnodes jumbo puff,,, possibly a wrong label? imagine that... an orchid plant with a wrong label...! see google search link

cycnodes jumbo puff - Google Search

[SillyKeiki]

It looks like Cycnodes Jumbo Puff to me as well... you'll have to decide based on the fragrance.

[Oranagra]

Deciding according to fragrance will be hard for me since i never smelled any of them, and sadly google images doesn't support odors.

so far it has no fragrance (blooms opened some 5 days ago). but I've read somewhere that fragrance might depend on light or other factors.

[SillyKeiki]

AY. I cannot help either then because I have never smelled them either. I have both plants but they are still seedlings/young plants so no clue yet u_u