I've never seen anything quite this color (and without markings) before in equitants (that I own or at shows). So I think it is definitely special. Its sibling has even more intense red/maroon color, but the form isn't as nice and it has a yellow mask. I'm considering a sib cross, it would be so cool to bloom out a couple hundred of the sib cross to see if I could get the color of the sib on the form of the awarded one.

I'll try to make a division but I don't know that I'll be able to sell any for a while. I think they will be busy procreating... Fortunately these things grow fast. I guess they can be mericloned, but I still haven't found anybody to do that for me.

I'm guessing it's 8/7/1 with 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm ns. Any idea what grex will be? The color is really vibrant on 'Littlefrog Sweet Caroline' - are others of the same cross far off (color)?

Whenever they're available...I'll take one! :cheer:

Rob you have out done yourself, please send a bit of your orchid thumb this way...great color, and for show, nothing bets yours...nice job. :clap:

Well, here is this plant and one if its sibs.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...oncidiums.html

The cross has been widely variable, as are most equitant crosses... I think most have been red with markings (yellow usually). Form on most hasn't been spectacular but the colors are nice.

Waiting for the hybridizer to give me a name. And they are out of the cross, it looks like. I was going to order more...

Congratulations Rob, it's a striking flower! Do you know what the score was? My guess is that it needed a few more flowers to get a higher award.

76 points? If I'd been scoring it, I'd have come in around 79-81pts, I think.

Beautiful Rob. Nicely photographed too. That color is fantastic, so vibrant.