Blc. Superstar 'Boissy'
 

After night work sometimes I strolled through the greenhouses of a major orchid nursery nearby. There were houses filled with giant Cymbidiums for cut flower production. They also had some more orchids for sale.
One day 30 years back I took this yellow Cattleya home. Mainly not for the flowers but for the heavenly strong scent. A bit fresh of lemon, sweet and a bit spicy. I could tell it apart from a hundred other Cattleyas blindfolded. Just as a footnote I once had a Mormodes ephippilabia flowering. Same season, same colours and same scent.
The name is not registered, so I cannot say what was mixed together. But the clonal name 'Boissy' clearly referres to Boissy Saint Leger, where the nursery of Vacherot & Lecoufle is situated.

That looks like the one that bloomed for me yesterday , same characters and features too . ...nice , i have a total of 5 buds on one plant 3 of them opened and they are quite large

Beautiful!

Beautiful! I have bought some of mine for fragrance, too. :)

Really nice color!

Im not a huge fan of yellow flowers but this changes my mind big time....so pretty...

Its a beauty!

Would you please be so kind and post it here when fully opened.

Bright and beautiful....and fragrant. Very nice indeed!

Wunderschön! :)

I'm not real sure about this one, can anyone give me the parents of this. 'Superstar' doesn't show up as being registered, I could be wrong, need more info.

Warren.

Beautiful colors! I love fragrant cattleyas. I'm impressed that you've kept that orchid healthy for 30 years. Good growing.

Very nice flower!

I am currious for an pic from the whole plant, 30 years... must be an big plant.

If you ever have cuttings.... :biggrin:

But again my compliments!

Love fragrant Catts and the bright colors on this one!

Hi Warren,
as I wrote, the name is not registered. But the original tag is still clearly legible and more than 25 years old.

One for Patrick.
This one is not a strong grower, probably because of lower temps in wintertime.