Anyone knows if variety Cuasialba is a real cattleya variety?

[Alvaro78]

Hello guys!
I recently ordered an import of a Cattleya warscewiczii var. cuasialba 'Sinifana' and I was wondering if this could just be an alba or is this a real variety? I have noticed that compared to other cattleya warscewiczii alba this one has almost no yellow on the lip and has a faint pink on it. I'll attach a picture. It is truly a gorgeous cattleya warscewiczii.

Thanks a lot!

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[monocotman]

Love it! Maybe it should read ‘quasi alba’?
That would make sense with the colour from.

 

[Alvaro78]

Love it! Maybe it should read ‘quasi alba’?
That would make sense with the colour from.

It could be but I looked at some Cattleya warscewiczii of that variety and they have a much stronger yellow lip colour

 

[DrLeslieEe]

David is right. It’s quasi-alba or almost alba.

The definition of this color form is a white flower with any pink tinge, from very invisible (seen from backlighting) or a pink tinge in petals and/or lip.

 

[Alvaro78]

David is right. It’s quasi-alba or almost alba.

The definition of this color form is a white flower with any pink tinge, from very invisible (seen from backlighting) or a pink tinge in petals and/or lip.

Thanks a lot! This one is a selfing and I read a bit and apparently there is a chance (not small) of the selfing not turning out to he quasi-alba but just a plain tipo. Would that be correct? Genetics is a complicated topic for me

 

[monocotman]

You never know with the genetics of orchids. Some strange things can happen with rare traits like this. However you’ve maybe been fortunate and you have a plant just like the parent. To know more you would have to see a group of seedlings from the selfing in bloom.

 

[Alvaro78]

You never know with the genetics of orchids. Some strange things can happen with rare traits like this. However you’ve maybe been fortunate and you have a plant just like the parent. To know more you would have to see a group of seedlings from the selfing in bloom.

I see, so there is even a chance of getting something completely different? In such a case could I rename the cattleya to for example (if it ends up being a var. tipo that I like) cattleya warscewiczii tipo 'any name I come up with' so it would lose the var. quasialba 'Sinifana'?

Thanks a lot, this is kind of complicated haha

 

[monocotman]

As it’s a seedling you could name it anything you like when it blooms.
Its current name should read warscewiczii ‘sinifana’ x self. If you left off the x self it would indicate a division of the original plant, not a selfing.

 

[Alvaro78]

As it’s a seedling you could name it anything you like when it blooms.
Its current name should read warscewiczii ‘sinifana’ x self. If you left off the x self it would indicate a division of the original plant, not a selfing.

I see thanks a lot!

 

[Alvaro78]

The nursery just gave me a % of getting this variety and they said it's less than 25% haha… I hope even if I don't get these variety I get another shade of pink from it

 

[monocotman]

Good luck. It’s the fun of growing seedlings….

 

[Austin Creek]

David is right. It’s quasi-alba or almost alba.

The definition of this color form is a white flower with any pink tinge, from very invisible (seen from backlighting) or a pink tinge in petals and/or lip.

I believe "cuasi" is Spanish for almost. My question therefore is who decides whether the variety name should be "cuasialba", or "quasi-alba"? Is "quasi" preferred because it is Latin? Or, since warscewiczii comes from Columbia, is "cuasialba" a locally recognized varietal name that us Norteamericanos don't choose to accept?