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This is Mormodes horichii x Cycnoches warscwiczii - I can detect no scent (yet), but the flowers have just opened. The petals and sepals are dark mahogany brown, the lip is shiny red. This poor plant was gnawed by a couple of caterpillars, and took several tumbles. The flowers don't look too beatup, all things considered.
Cheers - Nancy
Wow that is cool looking! Is this as open as the flowers will get? If not can you post a picture of when the flower opens fully? I would love to see it!
Beautiful color on those flowers, Nancy. Too bad about the caterpillars. I've never had a problem with them here, but will keep an eye out this spring when the plants go back outdoors. And judging by the parents of your hybrid, I bet you'll be able to detect a nice fragrance after the flowers have been open for a few days. Congratulations!
Follow-up photo...these flowers are lasting very well - about 10 days and counting. The flower is much more attractive fully open. Has what I'd consider a fairly typical catasetum-type scent: combination of bananas, vanilla, plastic, hints of mothball and spearmint. Pleasant!
You can see the gnawing/bruising of a few chomps and spills - still, an arresting flower. Very substantial and shiny.
Regards - Nancy
Cycnodes JEM's Caramel Apple
I love the color of this one! It's now on my wish-list 
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