Quote Originally Posted by Horst View Post
Connie,

I'm sorry, but I have to step in and correct you.
Definitely this plant as shown on your images isn't a Cattleya purpurata!
Definitely a hybrid with C. purpurata influence.

All darker C. purpurata's have the characteristic stripes on the inside and outside of the tube.
Further all of them show the characteristic C. purpurata stripes on the petals and normally also on the sepals.

The attached 8 images are showing 8 of my C. purpurata's with the darkest lips.
Further you can see glimpses of petals and sepals. All with the stripes, some stronger some less strong pronounced. But all of them have the stripes.
On your plant the sepals have no stripes as seen on other cattleya's like C. warscewiczii, C. trianae and C. mossiae. The petals color pattern of your plant is a mystery to me. Maybe somebody else can enlighten us from where this color pattern is coming.
Thank You...guess i'll go back to looking at pics some more. At least i'll have an excuse for staring at flowers for hours on end. lol!