100mm Cattleya Orchid Seedling. SVO9999 (Slc. Candy Sparks ‘Gold Spark’ x Pot. Laszlo's Spark 'Mini Flair')

Hybrid seedling plant in a 100mm pot.

Near flowering size.

This is the next level of eye-catching candy stripe breeding where the petals have red veins, highlighted by a yellow background. Candy Sparks (Slc. Memoria Trudi Marsh x Slc. Angel's Fantasy) has excellent shape and good veining on the petals, we just need to add a note of yellow to the base colour. That’s where Laszlo's Spark (Slc. Mem. Trudi Marsh x Pot. Sunrise Fantasy) comes in. It has bright yellow right where it is needed, in the centre of the petals and pronounced red veins and excellent shape. Both are mini-Catts that flower twice a year and plants will mature in a 3” pot.

Imported Seedling from Sunset Valley Orchids, USA. Picture shows the parent of this cross. The above description was written by Fred Clarke and details the expectation of this hybrid.

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