Hybrid seedling plant in a 100mm pot. Near flowering size.

Sacramento Rose (Lc. Mini Purple x L. alaorii) was made by Alan Koch of Gold Country orchids. It has been an excellent hybrid with dark purple flowers on mini-Catt plants and they bloomed 2 and often 3 times a year. Another good hybrid made by Alan Koch is Sierra Doll (C. walkeriana x Slc. Pink Doll) it received 21 AOS awards, that’s an impressive number! Its flowers have excellent shape, dark pink colour, and dark purple lips.  This cross will give you dark purple colours excellent shape, twice a year all from a mini plant. Very 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