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I am not sure whether this is a meristem or a selfing - it was not said to be that, so probably the former. Flowers a bit small, and not many of them , but this is the first flowering of this plant. A little bit unusual, I think.
Btw, I snapped it on a pocket camera, when I popped into the greenhouse earlier and found the sun shining through the flower - an effect I would not have thought of for myself.
Gorgeous color!
Pretty Geoff. aurantianca flowers tend to be very small compared to others in the Catt. family.
With that color it would be hard to miss!
Certainly see this in the aurantiaca I flowered & had awarded last year. This was one of the parents.
Mine also in bloomed only 2 flowers yours is nicer.
Of course, memory is a fallible thing ; I last grew this species way back in the days of bare-root, possibly wild-collected orchids - pre CITES, which I think means before 1985. And my memory suggests that the flowers were much larger than this ! Like I say, maybe I have got that wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keysguy
I also have the pure yellow form open ("Amarillo" I think its called ) - with much smaller flowers again !
But both Amarillo and Mishima Spots are first flowers on the respective plants for me, and likely to flower bigger next time around when they have a few more real, live, roots !