Cattleya percivaliana alba

I agree with Ricardo. Let me know if you want the title changed.

 

I think I have 4 large cattleya species alba form. My first cattleya was bought in 1986 at a friends urging as a cool grower. It was C percivaliana alba. I have since learned that this is not an easy thing to find. Most of the "alba" percivalianas really do need quotes around the word since a lot of them have pink in there too. I've been trying to do an outcross with another alba clone for about 6 years and they are few and far between. So far neither selfing nor outcross has produced viable seed, though my plant has been a successful parent with 'Summit'.

I also have a C warneri alba that does produce a bit of viable seed on a selfing, but very little. I've sown enough seed so I would have had 10,000 plants of other cattleyas and come up with about 15 protocorms. The other 2 species are chocoensis/quadricolor and labiata, but I haven't tried any breeding with either of them.

I've never heard of C dowiana alba, but I don't grow that species so haven't been paying attention.

 

Marni did the pollen I sent you work? I can send more if you need it. It's about to bloom again.

 

Zach, I had two capsules go to maturity but couldn't see any embryos under the 200x scope. I sowed quite a bit of it also and haven't gotten anything germination. Some times with something like this a few protocorms will pop up long after one should have given up. I'm still hoping. Selfing of my plant had the same result.

 

Well I'll keep my fingers crossed! It's blooming again I just snapped a pic in the GH I'm going to start another thread for it.