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Cattleya intermedia var. aquinii 'Hefty' × intermedia 'Boa Vista'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN6688
Name: Cattleya intermedia var. aquinii 'Hefty' × intermedia 'Boa Vista'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Arnold Gum
 
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Pod Parent Flower
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Pollen Parent Flowers
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Pod parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: I crossed my largest C. intermedia aquinii with 'Boa Vista' hoping for larger, nicely shaped aquinii flowers that open flat.

Pod parent plant: Medium-sized plant.
 

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 82°F, nights 70°F; best fit is Warm-Intermediate 87-64°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 72°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Genus:   Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 83°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F ( )

About the name...
Etymology of aquinii   Named for Francisco Aquino, Brazilian orchid collector of the 1st half of the 20th century, who discovered Cattleya intermedia var. aquinii. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Cattleya   Named in honor of William Cattley, English horticulturist in the 19th century. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of intermedia   From Latin "intermedius" in the middle, medium-sized. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Cattleya   KAT-lee-ya (Sources: Pridgeon 1992, Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of intermedia   in-ter-MEE-dee-ah (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
See if we have plants available in the greenhouse.
Yield Estimate: 718 plants (based on flask surveys done 09/17/2009 through 09/04/2013)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 10 - 80 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 02/03/2010 through 01/03/2012)
From one most recently surveyed flask 35 - 80 mm (01/03/2012)
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