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A cross of a Rhyncholaeliocattleya with a Laelia of the group formerly classified as Schomburkia. The hybrid has a lovely color that this photo doesn't really capture well. The flower doesn't resemble much either parent. Rlc. Regal Red is a round red flower, and Laelia undulata produces a head of small wavy flowers on a long inflorescence.
The flowers of this hybrid look similar like Laelia undulata but are much larger than the flowers of that species. In this case, instead of the flower bunch produced by L. undulata, the plant has produced two large flowers like Catt. schilleriana.
This orchid was brought for judgement to the AOS judges meeting of April 10 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The plant had tall inflorescences. It is a big plant.
I saw this plant in the 2016 Puerto Rico Orchid Society show. I was surprised when I found who the parents of this hybrid were because at first sight the plant doesn't really resemble its parents much. On a closer look you can see the evidence of the Caularthron parent in the lip and that of the Laelia parent in the sepals and petals. The hybrids of the Laelias and Myrmecophila that were once part of the defunct genus Schomburgkia, are becoming increasingly popular.
I brought this plant many years ago from Tropical Orchid Farm which is in Hawaii.
