■ (TB) 'Jacques Offenbach'

2014, Edinger

'Jacques Offenbach' (Philip Edinger, R. 2014) TB, 36" (91 cm), Late midseason bloom. Standards cattleya orchid paling towards center and base to barely tinted white; style arms white, barely tinted orchid; falls velvety violet (close to RHS 89C) breaking into violet veins on white on either side of beards; beards yellow in throat, same in middle with white tips, end white; slight fragrance; purple based foliage. 'Jacquesiana' sport. Del Rio 2014.

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Original catalog description
In all respects but one, this is a carbon copy of Jacquesiana (Lemon 1840). The difference? You'll wonder where the yellow went! Lacking any yellow pigment, the flower now is in colors associated with classic cattleya orchids, running from palest orchid to rich red-violet. As you would expect, growth is vigorous, the stalks well-branched and -budded, the healthy foliage featuring strong purple leaf bases. Originated as a bilateral chimera on Jacquesiana. The name commemorates the Alsatian-French composer of melodic operas-comique that were all the rage in Paris when Lemon's irises were in vogue.

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