Provisional Awards

Santa Barbara, CA, February 20, 2019

Cattleya Mareeba Tiger ‘Gayle’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2019
Plant Name: Cattleya Mareeba Tiger ‘Gayle’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (C. tigrina x C. schilleriana)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.2 cm Vertical: 11.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.1 cm Length: 6.6 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 6.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.4 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 4.8 cm

Description: Six stellate flowers on one arched 27.2-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals basally narrow green halo, sepals mahogany with very dark brown spots, petals brown with very dark spots, margins undulate and very lightly tinged magenta; lip white, side lobes tubular, blushed light pink marginally, overlaid yellow under column, distally veined magenta, reverse pastel pink marginally, distally darker, midlobe magenta, margin white picotee; column yellow, overlaid dusky rose; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Gayle Brodie
Cattleya Mareeba Tiger ‘Gayle’ HCC/AOS 77 pts. inflor
© Arthur Pinkers 2019