Cattleya hybrid 'Aksel's Prize'

[Guldal]

My son, Aksel, won this plant in a tombola at an orchid show a couple of years ago. It's been a reliable bloomer ever since.

It came without a name tag, so I'm completely at a loss about the grex. Does anybody dare to offer a conjecture, no matter how speculative ('Ray', I know!) this entreprise might be?

 

[abax]

That Catt. has a lovely yellow gold that's quite eye catching. Does
it have a scent?

 

[Guldal]

Does it have a scent?

It has a nice, pleasant, but slight flowery scent.

 

[Ozpaph]

that's nice.
Whats a 'tombola'?

 

[Ray]

I like it, no name or not.

 

[Guldal]

Whats a 'tombola'?

Merriam-Webster has the following definition:

"chiefly British
: a raffle in which usually numbered tickets are drawn at random from a revolving drum with prizes awarded to those drawing tickets that match numbers preassigned to a prize"

 

[abax]

tumble=tombola...excellent word.

 

[Ozpaph]

a raffle! Never heard the word before. Thanks.

 

[GuRu]

Nice golden Catt flowers, very eye catching.

a raffle! Never heard the word before. Thanks.

Tombola is strictly British English, though we have the same word in German too, therefore you couldn't hear it before in Australia.

 

[Guldal]

Tombola is strictly British English, though we have the same word in German too..

It's the same word in danish, too, and used in daily language.
I don't know whether the word nowadays for brits have a slightly archaic tone, belonging to a world of country fetes, church bazaars, or perhaps Midsomer Murders?

 

[eds]

We use it still. It is often associated with school fêtes and other smaller charitable events rather than more commercial or larger events where raffle would be more commonly used.

 

[Brabantia]

In Belgiumthe act of selling tickets by an association or a club with a financial interest is also called a tombola. Not all tickets are generally winners ....