Cattleya Purple Monarch orchid images, lineage and ancestry

The orchid Cattleya Purple Monarch is a hybrid registered with the Royal Horticultural Society by McBean's in 1928.
Top three species ancestors and their influences are

Cattleya dowiana (62.50%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya
Cattleya coccinea (12.50%) series: Sophronitis
Cattleya dowiana var. aurea (12.50%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya

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C. Purple Monarch RHS Lindley Collections

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Seed Parent

Cattleya Faboris

Pollen Parent

Cattleya dowiana

Seed Grandparents

Cattleya Doris (1904)

Cattleya Fabia (1894)

Species Ancestors (4)

C. dowiana 62.50%

C. coccinea 12.50%

C. dowiana var. aurea 12.50%

C. labiata 12.50%

Cattleya Purple Monarch, McBean's 1928 (RHS)