Cattleya Prospector orchid images, lineage and ancestry

The orchid Cattleya Prospector is a hybrid registered with the Royal Horticultural Society by Armacost in 1937.
Top three species ancestors and their influences are

Cattleya trianae (37.50%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya
Cattleya mendelii (25.00%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya
Cattleya dowiana (18.75%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya

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C. Prospector Steve McNerney

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Seed Parent

Cattleya Remy Chollet

Pollen Parent

Cattleya Santa Monica

Seed Grandparents

Cattleya Monarch (1917)

Cattleya trianae

Pollen Grandparents

Cattleya Lord Rothschild

Cattleya mendelii

Species Ancestors (5)

C. trianae 37.50%

C. mendelii 25.00%

C. dowiana 18.75%

C. gaskelliana 12.50%

C. mossiae 6.25%

Cattleya Prospector, Armacost 1937 (RHS)