Lc. Jamaica Souvenir 'Elizabeth' x Lc. Mildred Rives 'Orchidglade' AM/AOS
 

it was one large plant that i got two divisions from and all divisions including mother plant are in bloom. These are rescues from insufficient lighting and below par conditions. 6.5-7inch blooms. Mildred rives shows up in some of the lips but the through has red veins from the Jamaica Souvenir.
Enjoy. :biggrin:

last but not least. :biggrin:

Christiano,

What you have there is a very nice Cattleya Jamaica Treasure, this cross was registered by Claude Hamilton in 2005.

Warren

Really pretty!

Gorgeous! :wtg:

Very nice Christiano. Are they fragrant? I like the color combo here. It's nice you got the divisions to bloom too.

Beautiful semi-alba cattleya!

I see you are familiar with Claude's crosses?

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Thank you Rosie!

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I'm glad you love it. :)

The lip has great range of rich colours across all the blooms and lovely petal shape; I am quite lucky that all decided that they were happy enough to bloom this spring. So far I have not been without a blooming plant to set on the table.
It is very fragrant James, only early morning and gradually fades to nothing by midday. :biggrin:

I do have a question i would like to ask you James, and i open it up to anyone that might be able to help.
One of the Catts that had the 3 blooms had the last bloom to open start to fade before the others and got all mushy. I took pics to show you as well. I'm wondering if it is just a random case of it just faded or something else; hopefully not a pest. Its hard to tell as catt blooms tend to get gross when they fade naturally. The one that has the completely faded lip is the oldest flower and the other was starting to decline. This is how the other flower start to look and I removed it from the plant. The blooms have been open for 2-3 weeks.

Thanks so much Tucker; its not a specimen like your catts just yet! :biggrin:

When catt flowers start to age they generally just start to dry out and droop. They are quite lovely when fully dried as they become papery but keep some of their colors. When they start to get wet and slimey it is usually some sort of internal damage either from a bacterium or fungal infection. Bugs usually don't do this type damage. I seldom water my bloomers until they are quite dry. In their native environment when an orchid blooms it is during the dry season as this is when their pollinators are flying. During the wet season the pollinators are usually worms or caterpillers. But when the dry comes they pupate and when the flowers open the pollinators hatch out and fly to feed on the nectar. Something like a bacteria or fungal spore got into the rizome or even the single flower stem and attacked the flower. This usually happens as the flowers aren't hatched yet. And that is usually caused by moisture inside the sepals before they open. These flowers were very beautiful. Thanks for sharing them. Here's a pic of a flower (Toshie Aoki) that had dried up and become papery. I have a 16x20 inch black and white print I made of it but can't scan it. I took it with my 4x5 camera and enlarged it in my darkroom.

Thanks for the response. I was guessing some sort of bacteria or fungus; just didn't wanna think it. I keep them dry; only watering every other day even though its quite hot this spring/summer. I mist them everyday. I sprayed them all with a systemic bactericide/fungicide as well as insecticide. So i think that some of the mist collected in the blooms and since they are in the bay windows which is always open but simply enclosed by a lattice box, it gets quite chilly at night and thus any collected drops is a recipe for disaster. :(
At least i got to enjoy them for a good while.