Rlc. George King ‘Serendipity’ AM/AOS (C. Buttercup x C. Bob Betts)

[southernbelle]

A glorious soft peachy pink original division from Waldor that has a NS of 16 cm. Second bloom for me, last was Oct. an added bonus is its intoxicating, lovely strong fragrance! This is actually a larger NS than the awarded flower which overlapped a bit, however the petal width, length and lip on this one are slightly smaller.

 

[southernbelle]

Here it is a couple of days later.

 

[monocotman]

All time classic that’s a must even for species lovers!
I agree about the scent. For me it’s the strongest of any Cattleya I grow,
David

 

[southernbelle]

Here is another of the same cross Rlc. George King ‘Southern Cross’ AM/AOS. (80 pts) a bit smaller.

 

[NEslipper]

Both are wonderful, and certainly worth growing in my opinion. My ‘Serendipity’ is in sheath, and I’m not-so-patiently waiting for buds to develop. Anecdotally, this is one of those plants that has been cloned so many times, it’s amazing the difference an original division or F1meristem can make in the flower quality.

My understanding is that ‘Southern Cross’ actually came out as a cloning mutation in a meristem run of ‘Serendipity’ performed by Carter and Holmes a number of years ago. It’s recognized and been awarded as a distinct individual since it’s different enough from ‘Serendipity’.

Congrats on acquiring and blooming both!

 

[monocotman]

According to this web page, southern cross arose as a mutation in a batch of mericlones of serendipity grown by Aranbeem orchids in Australia.
Maybe the plants came from Carter and Holmes originally.

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David

 

[l_kikkert]

Both are wonderful, and certainly worth growing in my opinion. My ‘Serendipity’ is in sheath, and I’m not-so-patiently waiting for buds to develop. Anecdotally, this is one of those plants that has been cloned so many times, it’s amazing the difference an original division or F1meristem can make in the flower quality.

My understanding is that ‘Southern Cross’ actually came out as a cloning mutation in a meristem run of ‘Serendipity’ performed by Carter and Holmes a number of years ago. It’s recognized and been awarded as a distinct individual since it’s different enough from ‘Serendipity’.

Congrats on acquiring and blooming both!

 

[southernbelle]

Ah, thanks for the clarification. I stand corrected. I know Carter and Holmes had the awarded plant of ‘Southern Cross’

 

[NEslipper]

According to this web page, southern cross arose as a mutation in a batch of mericlones of serendipity grown by Aranbeem orchids in Australia.
Maybe the plants came from Carter and Holmes originally.

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David

Thank you for the correction, and the citation!

 

[terryros]

A great example of how mericlones can be significantly different from the source plant.

 

[Ozpaph]

or someone mixed up the tag when repotting thousands of seedlings.

 

[terryros]

Oh, the misadventures with tags.

 

[Ozpaph]

a much more plausible explanation for a flower which significantly differs from the thousands of other clones produced.