Thanks for the kind comments. The flowers opened up a little more fully since the picture was taken to an outstanding form - full, round, and flat. The fragrance is stronger too. It's nice, but I don't really have a good word to describe it with now because I don't know what scent it would be similar to. Some kind of shampoo maybe.
And orcdfrk, I don't know that there is any loddigesii in its ancestry by intent, but there is if dolosa is a natural hybrid between walkeriana and loddigessi, as some believe it to be.
Since this orchid was first discovered, its origin has been unclear and its name has changed several times with the confusion. It has been called Epidendrum dolosum, Cattleya eximia, Walkeriana var. dolosa, Cattleya x dolosa, and Cattleya dolosa.
As I understand it, Carl Withner agreed with the C. dolosa classification in 1989. I'd like to know just what he said about it. I recently ordered volume 1 of his Catttleyas & Their Relatives books in the hope that it's covered there.
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