Cattleya Orchid Hybrid SVO11350 (Lc. Magic Melody 'SVO ' AM/AOS x Lc. Johana Rose 'S/A')

Cattleya Orchid Hybrid SVO11350 (Lc. Magic Melody 'SVO ' AM/AOS x Lc. Johana Rose 'S/A')Hybrid seedling plant in a 50mm tube. White flowers with red lips or semi alba flowers always get my attention, the white against a red lip is so dramatic! Magic Melody (C. Tokyo Magic x C. Melody Fair) has great colour in addition to the red lip, the petal tips have red flares and this all on a strong inflorescence that holds 5 flowers. Johanna Rose (Lc. Melody Fair x Lc. Liptonii) is a truly beautiful flower, with exceptional shape, size, colour,

Hybrid seedling plant in a 50mm tube.

White flowers with red lips or semi-alba flowers always get my attention, the white against a red lip is so dramatic!  Magic Melody (C. Tokyo Magic x C. Melody Fair) has great colour in addition to the red lip, the petal tips have red flares and this all on a strong inflorescence that holds 5 flowers.  Johanna Rose (Lc. Melody Fair x Lc. Liptonii) is a truly beautiful flower, with exceptional shape, size, colour, and presentation. It’s amazing to realise that in the ancestry of Johanna Rose you find L. anceps as a parent the Liptonii is (L. anceps x C. labiata).  We believe this cross will give us fantastic semi-alba flowers, expect amazing shape with wide, well-rounded petals, and 4-6 flowers on gracefully arching inflorescences. This is really nice

Imported Seedling from Sunset Valley Orchids, USA. Picture shows the parent of this cross. The above description was written by Fred Clarke and details the expectation of this hybrid. For information on growing Cattleyas check out our growing page at http://barritaorchids.com/pages/growers-resource-page