Cattleya Heathii OR not?

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by terryros

And I realize it is difficult for AOS or RHS to get to the point of changing an awarded plant categorization. I don't think there is a particular body that would decide that 'The Chairman' now must be named differently. They did it with 'Kenny' but some others are still just floating.

I think the Chairman is just one of many, many that need to be renamed.

The problem is that the AOS still doesn't accept that 'Orchidglade' and its progeny 'Pendentive' is dolosa. Trust me, I've tried.

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Basically, almost all alba's are offspring of either 'Orchidglade' or 'Pendentive' and should be considered suspect.

I've got an amazing alba, but its got Estrella da Colina as a parent so it has some loddigesii background in it. It even appears like pure walkeriana vegetatively and morphologically (flowers). Looks great though! Check it out:

Cattleya walkeriana ‘Estrela da Colina’ x sib by Stephen Van Kampen-Lewis, on Flickr