Cattleya Moscombe orchid images, lineage and ancestry

The orchid Cattleya Moscombe is a hybrid registered with the Royal Horticultural Society by Chung-Chweng Chen in 1963.
Top three species ancestors and their influences are

Cattleya warscewiczii (31.25%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya
Cattleya mossiae (25.00%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya
Cattleya quadricolor (12.50%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya

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C. Moscombe Emrys Chew

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C. Moscombe Varigated samsam

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C. Moscombe Cattleya moscombe (variegated leaves) Cveti Ivanova

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C. Moscombe 'Grace' Home Pongyang

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C. Moscombe Cattleya moscombe (variegated leaves) Cveti Ivanova

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C. Moscombe Varigated samsam

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Seed Parent

Cattleya Mosnor

Pollen Parent

Cattleya Sedlescombe

Seed Grandparents

Cattleya Eleanor (1918)

Cattleya mossiae

Pollen Grandparents

Cattleya Annette (1919)

Cattleya Suavior

Species Ancestors (6)

C. warscewiczii 31.25%

C. mossiae 25.00%

C. quadricolor 12.50%

C. intermedia 12.50%

C. mendelii 12.50%

C. dowiana 6.25%

Cattleya Moscombe, Chung-Chweng Chen 1963 (RHS)