Cattleya aclandiae x loddigesii... In 1863, for the first time ever, the Royal Horticulture Society gave an award to an orchid hybrid: John Dominy's Cattleya X Brabantiae ( Cattleya aclandiae x loddigesii ). His plant received the Society's Silver Banksian Medal and came to make its home in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. During the events that led to World War II, however, England began rationing gas and the Kew Gardens could not buy enough gas to keep its greenhouses warm. So in the 1930s, Kew's horticulturists shipped a number of their most precious plants to a San Francisco nursery, including Dominy's historic hybrid. Then in the 1970s, local orchid afficionado Monty Brice purchased one of the famous Cattleya 's shoots and donated it to the San Diego Zoo.
C. Brabantiae
Bloom history:
8/11/11
Vendor:
Unknown
Quantity:
3
Price:
20.00
Growing notes:
C. aclandiae x C. loddigesii gives compact bifoliate plants with clusters of blooms in mid-summer. Flowers have a waxy substance and are pink with purple freckles. Grow in basket or mounted.
Purchase place:
FLOS meeting
Purchase date:
Thu, 2011-08-11