Cattleya walkeriana 'Kenny' Fcc/Aos

[e-spice]

I had always wanted one of these. I finally found one about five years ago. Great fragrance during the day.

e-spice

 

[JeanLux]

Very nice shape and coloration!!!! Jean

 

[Ozpaph]

very attractive lip colour

 

[Migrant13]

Sweet. Are you growing it mounted to in a pot? What about substrate?

 

[SlipperFan]

I love walkeriana.

 

[John M]

This clone is exceptionally beautiful! I have a piece too. It's not really walkeriana though. It's Cattleya Snow Blind v. semi alba ´Kenny´ FCC/ AOS (Angelwalker x walkeriana). It was awarded as walkeriana; but, the AOS later changed it's name to Snow Blind. The s/a 'Kenny' clone of walkeriana has growths that are too tall and thin and it carries too many flowers per stem to be pure walkeriana.

 

[Roy]

Correct John & just to add, the 'semi alba' no longer applies either.

 

[John M]

Correct John & just to add, the 'semi alba' no longer applies either.

I've often wondered about the "semi-alba" designation. To me, it's not s/a just because of the dot of colour on the tip of the lip. That dot is one of the reasons why I like this clone so much; but, what is the correct varietal name?

BTW: I mounted my plant on a 3' piece of White Cedar and it loves being on the mount.....blooming regularly. Everyone should have a piece of this plant. It's one of the best.

 

[Ozpaph]

I think if its a hybrid it doesn't get designated semi-alba - that's for species. (and to my mind the lip would need to be fully coloured to be called s/a)

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice white. It also looks like it blooms from the top of the growth too. Does it?

 

[John M]

I think if its a hybrid it doesn't get designated semi-alba - that's for species. (and to my mind the lip would need to be fully coloured to be called s/a)

I think that you are correct, technically. However, horticulturally, we still like to label things. So, I'm wondering what we'd call this if not s/a? I agree, to my mind, s/a means white sepals and petals and a lip that is mostly coloured. That bright dot is not enough to make it s/a.

Rick, my plant blooms from the top of a normal psuedobulb sometimes.....and from a specialized, narrow, leafless growth at other times. As with walkeriana, if it is watered too much prior to the blooming season, a normal leafed pseudobulb will produce flowers. If it is rested HARD with very little water just prior to the blooming season, it will bloom from a leafless, skinny, pseudobulb.

 

[e-spice]

This clone is exceptionally beautiful! I have a piece too. It's not really walkeriana though. It's Cattleya Snow Blind v. semi alba ´Kenny´ FCC/ AOS (Angelwalker x walkeriana). It was awarded as walkeriana; but, the AOS later changed it's name to Snow Blind. The s/a 'Kenny' clone of walkeriana has growths that are too tall and thin and it carries too many flowers per stem to be pure walkeriana.

Yes - I knew this is probably not really walkeriana. This one and others like the 'Pendentive' clone look suspiciously different than normal walkeriana but they're great plants regardless.

 

[e-spice]

Sweet. Are you growing it mounted to in a pot? What about substrate?

It's in a 3-inch pot growing S/H with clay pellets as the medium. It has outgrown that pot and I put the 3-inch pot in a 4-inch clay pot.

 

[Roy]

Full name, C. Snow Blind 'Kenny'

 

[NYEric]

One of my faves. One of my first orchids also, I killed it in record time. thanks for sharing.