Selective Reproduction of Cattleya Mossiae - A personal experience - Part 4

Selective Reproduction of Cattleya Mossiae - A personal experience - Part 4

Cattleya Species
July 12, 2021•2 min read

Coerulea and Semi alba colors

COERULEA

Following the same line of thought as in the previous work:

Clones used:

- C. mossiae coerulea 'Maria T'

- C. mossiae Coerulea 'Herrera'

- C. mossiae coerulea 'XX Aniversario'

Some of the breeding produced:

- C. mossiae coerulea ('Anala' x 'Maracay')

- C. mossiae coerulea ('Anala' x 'Maracay') 'Blancura'

- C. mossiae oerulea ('Herrera' x 'Maracay') '28-3-08'

- C. mossiae coerulea ('Andreina' x self)

- C. mossiae coerulea ('Brazil' x 'Maria T')



Cattleya mossiae coerulea 'Herrera'


Cattleya mossiae coerulea ('Andreina' x self)



Cattleya mossiae coerulea ('Brazil' x 'Maria T')



Cattleya mossiae coerulea ('Herrera' x 'Makhaira')



SEMI ALBA

Semi Albas I feel are the most beautiful mossiae flowers due to the contrast between the lip color and the rest of the flower tissue. As before, we strived to improve the following characteristics:


- Shape

- Substance

- Color of the lip and petals and

- Number of flowers

Clones used:

- C. mossiae semi alba 'Rio Claro'

- C. mossiae semi alba 'Featherston'

- C. mossiae semi alba 'Moroca'

- C. mossiae semi alba 'Aurora'

- C. mossiae semi alba 'Hilton'

- C. mossiae semi alba 'Blanca'

Some of the breeding produced:

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Aurora' x 'Featherston') 'Arturo Antonio'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Aurora' x 'Featherston') 'Diana'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Aurora' x 'Featherston') 'Llamarada'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Featherston' x 'Hilton')

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Featherston' x 'Hilton') '2'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Featherston' x 'Hilton') '12-4-05'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Hilton' x self)

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Aurora' x 'Hilton')

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Diana' x 'Bosque') '5-4-02-2'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Los Gachos' x 'Diana') '9-11-05'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Los Gachos' x 'Diana') '12-4-04-1'

- C. mossiae semi Alba ('Featherston' x self) 'La Union'

- C. mossiae semi Alba [('Featherston' x 'Hilton') x ('Featherston' x self)] '29-4-15'

- C. mossiae semi Alba [('Featherston' x 'Hilton') x ('Featherston' x self)] 'Cerro Verde'



Cattleya mossiae semi alba 'Hilton'



Cattleya mossiae semi alba 'Diana'



Cattleya mossiae semi alba 'Cerro Verde

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