Color Variations in Seed Grown Orchids

It is very confusing to beginners that two seeds from the same seed pod can produce flowers that do not look like the same plant.

The easiest way to understand this, is to compare it to people. If parents have a child, the child may look like the mother or the father or the grandparents or an

aunt or uncle or can skip back several generations. The same happens with orchids. The flower can have characteristics of any plant in its family tree. Many Cattleya

hybrids have dozens of different orchids in their heritage.

Blc Tokyo Magic x Blc Toshie Aoki is a good example and it is one of our favorites. The photos are the colors I have had this season (2008).

There may be more surprises to come.  The registered name of this hybrid is Lc. Toshie's Magic.

   

At least every one is beautiful.