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Cattleya walkeriana v.semi-alba 'Kenny'

Discussion in 'Orchid Species' started by tenman, Jul 4, 2014.

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    tenman Well-Known Member

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    kenny0614.jpg Cattleya walkeriana v.semi-alba 'Kenny'. Though it has grown well for me in the ten or so years since I acquired it as a blooming size division in a trade, it has never before graced me with its flower. As with most of my walkerianas, though I have read every scrap of cultural information available and have picked the brains of other walkeriana growers as well, giving them what apparently is for others the correct culture to induce blooming.
     
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    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Congratulations on the blooming. This is now pretty well accepted as a hybrid, C Snowblind 'Kenny' (Angelwalker x walkeriana).
     
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    I've read all that but disagree that it's 'pretty well accepted'. I think most still agree it's a walkeriana. I certainly do. I think walkeriana is a more variable species than some want to accept. Anything out of the strict confines of some people's concept of the species is dismissed as a hybrid, another one the alba form 'Pendentive'. Read all the info and still am pretty sure it's pure walkeriana. Both fine examples of this species and I can't wait for my Pendentive mericlone to bloom!
     
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    Very pretty with the water droplets on it.