Nealeara Seeing Stars

Hybrid 1 award

Procatavola Key Lime Stars × Rhyncattleanthe Leroy's Star

Ancestry

Species Hybrid Seed parent Pollen parent

Nealeara Seeing Stars

Hyb.

Species composition

Cattleya coccinea 15.6%

Cattleya forbesii 12.5% Prosthechea mariae 12.5% Cattleya briegeri 12.5% Cattleya aclandiae 6.3%

Cattleya luteola 3.1% Cattleya esalqueana 3.1%

Unknown ancestry 34.4%

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Awards

Photo: Murray Dean

HCC / OCNZ 2024 'Tara'

77.20 points National Seminar

Measurements

Flower size 73 × 73 mm Petals 38 × 16.5 mm Dorsal sepal 36 × 15 mm Lateral sepals 38 × 15 mm Lip 32 × 20 mm

2 inflorescences 4 flowers

Four flowers on two short stems well displayed on a small first flowered seedling. Sepals and petals are broadly lanceolate on a flat plane. Developing flower colour is more rose carmine, which fades as the flowers grow and mature to a pleasing veination. Sepals and petals are flesh coloured overlaid with salmon-pink veins. Petals have a deeper rose pink blush. Lip is wavy edged with dark rose-pink veins. The backs of the petals are blushed dark rose-pink.

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