2016 - this is now Cattleychea: Prosthechea mariae x C. Ann Follis ... Fredk.L.Thornton 1967 cross.
History of orchid breeding: McLellan, Patterson, Stewart, and Veitch are names you see over and over again!
Ann Follis is 1963 McLellan cross: C granulosa x. C Ethel Merman
E.M. is 1952 Patterson cross: C. Jane Dane x C. Canhamiana
Canhamiana is a famous Stewart cross: Cattleya mossiae fma. coerulea with Laelia purpurata
Jane Dane is 1937 Dane cross C Britannia x C President Wilson (1918)
Britannia is Canhamiana x warscewiczii
P Wilson is Thyone (1912) x dowiana
Thyone 1912 is C Ophir x C dowiana
Ophir is a 1901 Veitch cross, C. dowiana x C. xanthina
(granulosa x (mossiae x purpurata x ((mossiae x purpurata) x (downiana x ((dowiana x xanthina) x dowiana))))) or so...
5/11rot
6/30/12 threw bud but it never opened
7/13 worth the wait! Great flowers.
6/16 six huge flowers
