Variability of this selfing of Cattleya warscewiczii var. quasialba 'Sinifana'

[Alvaro78]

That makes a lot of sense Louis, so I may get a really faint pink shade or an almost tipo one? The chances are more leaning towards a almost alba/faint pink flower? I don't have the orchid yet since it's an import so I'll receive it at the end of May/beginning of June. I'll be sure to check the pigmentation. I grow my orchids under strong output LED lights so a lot of the more dark flower orchids turn a bit purple so that will surely be a queue.

Sadly in Europe it's more difficult to find rare cattleyas. There are 2 German nurseries one called Asendorfer which has a lot of great cultivars and selfing of those cultivars available but they are mostly small orchids. Then there is Strauss orchideen which has really expensive orchids starting at 60€ going towards the 900€+, some of them you have to ask the owner for the price because it is not listed. The really rare ones are kind of out of my budget haha but they are mostly rare imported orchids.
Thanks a lot for the answer!

[Alvaro78]

I got an update from the nursery and apparently the chances of getting this quasialba variety are less than 25%. So I hope even if I don't get this variety the actual flower has a different shade of pink than the tipo. Fingers crossed.

[Louis_W]

Good luck! It's a really nice flower either way!

[Fairorchids]

The chances of getting the recessive alba version depend on how many genes are involved.

If it is a single gene, you should get one in 4 = 25% true albas.
If there are two genes involved, you should get one in 16 = 6.25% true albas.

However, orchid genetics are not always that simple (that you can apply Mendel's rules). I was investigating a case, where 1100 seedlings produced 1050 short plants (under 12" tall), and 50 tall plants (ranging up to 48" tall). That is about 4.5%; can't quite work out the math for that to happen.