Cattleya flower terminology
 

From this thread ----- Click Here ....... would anybody happen to know what the slender 'waist-like' region is called that is seen in some cattleya flowers, such as the region marked in red?

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...1&d=1595248247

The image is of a C. Clinton flower.

Also interesting that there appears to be no other C. Clinton flower seen online, except on OrchidBoard - as far as I know so far, which is nice.

You could call that the isthmus of the lip.

ES ----- that particular word describes it excellently. Thanks very much ES.

Isn’t that the mesochile

As in

Hypochile - the bit where the labellum meets the calyx
Mesochile - the next bit
Epichile - the outermost part of the labellum, which is usually the largest and widest

Source Wikipedia

Thanks Arron! It could be too. I can see images on the internet with pics of stanhopea flowers with the term mesochile marked on it.

Link 1

Link 2

Not sure why they did it for stanhopea only, and not for a catt.

But ----- both these terms isthmus and mesochile are definitely going to help, and allows us to at least convey what we want to convey!

Thanks very much Arron and ES.

There were some doubts concerning the identity of my plant.This is from C&H ::
From: Carter and Holmes Orchids <carterholmessales@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 7:31 PM
To: Shmuel Ziv <moranziv@bezeqint.net>
Subject: Re: FW: New customer message on July 24, 2020 at 3:50 am

Hello Shmuel,
The plant in your photos does indeed look like Brassocattleya [Bc.] Clinton (C. bicolor x Bc. Beth Eden)
It was something we offered a very long time ago, and more recently sold the divisions remaining in our collection.
Happy Growing,
Bridget Uzar