Cattleya Hardyana

[Bjorn]

I have two hardyanas mounted on a slab that continues to give nice displays. One of the plants came with this one now, 6 flowers on one stalk all of them quite sizeable and with strong fragrance. One of the best????
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[Secundino]

Yep, Hardyana!! My all-time favourite, and still haven't one! Hardyana's lips are perfection to me; the rest, well, Mauro Rosim shows a few excellent shaped ones in his marvellous photographs, and there are small and big ones, but always the lip stands out. Wavy, frilled, velvety, deep crimson, a light picotee, the veins, ah-the veins: pure gold! ... and there should be scent!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[trdyl]

Beautiful!

 

[dodidoki]

Great, very nice!

 

[NYEric]

Floofy!

 

[terryros]

Another one with naming confusion.

I think that Cattleya x hardyana is now considered to be the natural hybrid of dowiana var. aurea X warscewiczii while

The human made hybrid of this same cross is Semontiana (registered 1902 by Doin).

I have a near-blooming size seedling of Semontiana made by Orchids Limited. Do you know if the x hardyana you are showing is known to be a naturally found hybrid clone or is it also human made?


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[adiaphane]

Gorgeous! Now I want a Harydana!

 

[abax]

Beautiful Catt. These floofy Catts. always remind me of
high school proms and corsages. Bjorn this one is a 10
on the Floof Scale.

 

[Bjorn]

Terry, this one came from Floralia in Brasil, so I'd bet its the man-made variety (Semontiana?). Do not know more details than that.
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[SlipperFan]

Lovely display.