Can someone look this up for me???

[The Orchid Boy]

Can someone look up Potinara Memoria Irene Feil ‘Ruby Red’ for me in Orchid Wiz? I'd like to know all the species that are in this hybrid. And I know that techinically it isn't potinara anymore.

 

[SlipperFan]

It is now a Rhyncholaeliocattleya.

I don't have OrchidWiz, but I get that info on the RHS website:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticulturaldatabase/orchidregister/orchidregister.asp

Click on the Grex Name Search, and place a % in the Genus box (it's the search wildcard), and the name in the Grex box. Then click "Search" (leave the "exact match" box unchecked).

 

[Ray]

It is a very complex hybrid, having 99 ancestors over 11 generations.

Alphabetically by species name, there are the following in its background:

C bicolor
C cinnabarina
C coccinea
C crispata
Rl digbyana
C dowiana
C eldorado
C harpophylla
C labiata
C lueddemanniana
C mendelii
C milleri
C mossiae
C percivaliana
C pumila
C purpurata
C quadricolor
C rex
C schroderae
C tenebrosa
C trianae
C warneri
C warscewiczii
C xanthina

 

[PaphMadMan]

Expressed in another way, the predominate species are:

25% Cattleya (Laelia) pumila
22.7% Cattlea (Sophronitis) coccinea
17.6% Cattleya dowiana
6.4% Cattleya (Laelia) cinnabarina
6.3% Cattleya (Laelia) milleri

Though percentages don't mean much after 1 or 2 generations. All those other species are each 3.6% or less and 5 or more generations back.

You can work through all the generations in the Orchid Register website, but it is a LOT easier with OrchidWiz.

 

[SlipperFan]

No doubt, but if you don't have OrchidWiz, it's still possible.