Blc. Mamilani Rainbow x Lc. Stephen Splendor
 

This beauty is extremely colorful and extremely fragrant. It lost two buds to the cold, but it has 2-3 more spikes coming. I need to divide it this spring, because it's only blooming on one side of the pot (which it is getting too big for).
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Last year, I took a bunch of photos of this one opening it's buds (in black & white and color). I photoshopped it a little bit, played with the transparencies, and came up with this beautiful portait of black & white buds opening to a stunning, colorful set of flowers. I am going to have it blown up real big, and make a nice wall decoration for my living room (if I ever get around to it).
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That is a Beauty, I love the photo your going to have enlarged it will make a wonderful wall picture.

WOW! This one is amazing!

I really love what you did with the photo progression and changing the colors along the way... :wtg:

Very artistic :Tup:

I love it, Jasen. Nice flower, and neat photos.

Kim

Beautiful! I love it!

Great pictures. Thanks for letting us see this.

These are awesome!!!! I love these splash petal cattleyas, very nice!!!

Yes, Jan Pahl, this is true color...it is like an electric magenta. That is the best description I've got, it almost glows! Thank you all for your lovely comments.

Wow! Check this out....
 

Not to bring this one back up, but it did something interesting. The pictures I showed before are the way that this plant has always looked. Well, it's almost done blooming, and for the first time....the flowers have started to vary. The newer flowers are much more saturated in pink. I know this happens from time to time, but it looked really neat on this one! So here's some pics:
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Looks like an evolved C. intermedia!

Beautiful!!

You're very talented with the camera and the plant is amazing. Was the cross ever named?

Thank you very much, it's always been one of my favorite hobbies....unfortunately, the four years I studied it in high school were the extent of my studies. I guess it was enough for learning the basics. It's funny you ask about the name....I just looked it up again the other day, because I thought about crossing it with something. I couldn't find anything in the registry. I know if that was my cross, I wouldn't hesitate at all to spend the thirteen dollars to register this one! Thanks for the compliments!:waving

I know if it was mine I would register it, if you do decide to here is the correct names (They don't like getting the wrong names) Thw. Momilani Rainbow x Sc. Stephen Splendor.

Warren

Lovely, I can really see the Momilani Rainbow in the flower. Yours is a lovely plant.