That has to be one of the nicest plants you've shown us. I agree, that color combo is striking. Kevin

I do not have a problem with no names. I have plenty of them. There is no register of names where for example 'Crownfox' is kept. 'Crownfox' is like 'Carmela' and is informally reserved. Most orchid nurseries are pretty good with orchid names and this one has probably got mangled in communication. There are 112 benching cards from the last OS meeting on this desk and a high proportion of the names are incorrect. The only time species names get to be registered is when the plant is awarded. Example Cattleya intermedia var. orlata 'Crownfox' AM/AOS (In the AOS register of awarded orchids). There are plenty of varieties of orlata about. Looks like is not good enough in naming orchids. If your orchid is not exactly the same as the one in post one, You should just write Cattleya intermedia var. orlata on the tag. Another clone; This post was edited by arthurm on Thu, May 29, 14 at 21:45

Superb colour on that clone. As to your question, i cannot give you a positive answer except to say that i purchased some un-flowered seedlings of the crossing 'Janervis' x 'Boa Vista' which produced one clone as per the photo, many "'normal" clones of pretty good quality and some where the lip shape on the petals produced so much distortion that the plants were discarded.

Interesting... My standard intermedia is variable as it blooms 2-3 times per year and is currently in bud under lights. It could be because most of my orchids move from indoors to outdoors every year, so they may be getting tricked. As I recall my aquinii(sp?) and orlata behaved the same way. On another note, my STD intermedia is mounted and grows p-bulbs and leaves of @6" total, but my potted aquinii and potted orlata grew to be 12+", same experience for you guys? Thanks, Bob