Cattleya Orpetii 'Laina'

**Roy** · October 24th, 2018, 05:49 AM

Just seems to attract attention every time it flowers.
Used it for breeding last year, it isn't supposed to breed, the Lab' got 3 whole seedlings to germinate. Might have to keep them to flower...

**Dorsetman** · October 24th, 2018, 07:43 PM

Is this the biggest sophronitis (flower) in the world ? A real monster, except that sounds unpleasant, and thisis not unpleasant. Very impressive, anyway.

**mazlani** · October 24th, 2018, 08:55 PM

Wow! That's huge. Love the bright color 😊
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**chingjervis** · October 25th, 2018, 03:22 AM

Quite a solid color and very eye catching...just WOOOWW

**Sheryl** · October 25th, 2018, 06:01 AM

It's beautiful Roy!

**tibs480** · October 25th, 2018, 09:24 PM

I totally agree with everyone else, wow! Love the color!

**Dorsetman** · October 27th, 2018, 02:21 PM

I find that I have another clone of this grex in my collection - Sl. Orpetii 'Bella Vista' . I was going to ask you if you knew it, but then found that both ( and a lot more) are shown in Orchidwiz. Your Laina is the only one with this particular shade; my Bella Vista is a dark pink. There is also a white with a yellow lip - quite unusual. So an interesting and very variable cross.

**Roy** · October 27th, 2018, 07:52 PM

There are a number of known clones of Orpetii Geoff. Some don't or hold the shape of this one. This one stays basically as you see it till it dies. Biggest problem is that it doesn't breed or supposedly. I tried it & got 3 whole seedlings to germinate. I will be looking forward to flowering the to see what I get, could be like Paph Orchilla…

I don't know your clone at all.

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