Cattleya labiata "Odilon"

[dodidoki]

Rare peloric form of labiata. I found only one pic on net.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Is this the first time it's bloomed like this, or is it consistent?

 

[dodidoki]

Is this the first time it's bloomed like this, or is it consistent?

Consistent, here is the flower last year:

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35581&highlight=odilon

 

[Linus_Cello]

I like it. Wish I could get a piece "over the pond."

 

[Brabantia]

Very nice.It is now the season starts for Cattleya labiata flowering. Mine are also in spaths (double).

 

[trdyl]

Gorgeous! It looks like quite a large flower. Where was your source for this one?

 

[Migrant13]

Cool!

 

[PaphMadMan]

Technically not a peloric form, but interesting. I can imagine some very attractive flowers from breeding with that.

 

[SlipperFan]

Love the color.

 

[Ozpaph]

Attractive in a different kind of way.

 

[dodidoki]

Thanks for comments. I got it from Germany as albescens form of warnerii. Obviously it is not. Flowering time is same as labiatas, I looked after its strange petaloid flower structure and I found only one description of this flower as labiata "Odilon". I plan to self it with dowiana aurea, I expect dowiana's veins on lower petals.