Equitant award

[littlefrog]

Originally Posted by cb977

Hi Rob
It's the bold red of this bloom that blows me away! Do you have any others of this color?

I've never seen anything quite this color (and without markings) before in equitants (that I own or at shows). So I think it is definitely special. Its sibling has even more intense red/maroon color, but the form isn't as nice and it has a yellow mask. I'm considering a sib cross, it would be so cool to bloom out a couple hundred of the sib cross to see if I could get the color of the sib on the form of the awarded one.

I'll try to make a division but I don't know that I'll be able to sell any for a while. I think they will be busy procreating... Fortunately these things grow fast. I guess they can be mericloned, but I still haven't found anybody to do that for me.

[cneos]

I'm guessing it's 8/7/1 with 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm ns. Any idea what grex will be? The color is really vibrant on 'Littlefrog Sweet Caroline' - are others of the same cross far off (color)?

[cb977]

Originally Posted by littlefrog

I've never seen anything quite this color (and without markings) before in equitants (that I own or at shows). So I think it is definitely special. Its sibling has even more intense red/maroon color, but the form isn't as nice and it has a yellow mask. I'm considering a sib cross, it would be so cool to bloom out a couple hundred of the sib cross to see if I could get the color of the sib on the form of the awarded one.

I'll try to make a division but I don't know that I'll be able to sell any for a while. I think they will be busy procreating... Fortunately these things grow fast. I guess they can be mericloned, but I still haven't found anybody to do that for me.

Whenever they're available...I'll take one!

[justatypn]

Rob you have out done yourself, please send a bit of your orchid thumb this way...great color, and for show, nothing bets yours...nice job.

[littlefrog]

Well, here is this plant and one if its sibs.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...oncidiums.html

The cross has been widely variable, as are most equitant crosses... I think most have been red with markings (yellow usually). Form on most hasn't been spectacular but the colors are nice.

Waiting for the hybridizer to give me a name. And they are out of the cross, it looks like. I was going to order more...

[Phantasm]

Congratulations Rob, it's a striking flower! Do you know what the score was? My guess is that it needed a few more flowers to get a higher award.

[littlefrog]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

Congratulations Rob, it's a striking flower! Do you know what the score was? My guess is that it needed a few more flowers to get a higher award.

76 points? If I'd been scoring it, I'd have come in around 79-81pts, I think.

[Oscarman]

Beautiful Rob. Nicely photographed too. That color is fantastic, so vibrant.