Cattleya Starting Point orchid images, lineage and ancestry

The orchid Cattleya Starting Point is a hybrid registered with the Royal Horticultural Society by Armacost in 1982.
Top three species ancestors and their influences are

Cattleya mossiae (25.00%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya
Cattleya warscewiczii (25.00%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya
Cattleya dowiana (18.75%) subgenus Cattleya section: Cattleya

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C. Starting Point 'Unique' St. Augustine Orchid Society

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C. Starting Point Pim Little

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Seed Parent

Cattleya Ahmad Sheikhi

Pollen Parent

Cattleya Persepolis

Seed Grandparents

Cattleya Kittiwake

Cattleya Mem. Maggie Hood

Pollen Grandparents

Cattleya Kittiwake

Cattleya Pegi Mayne

Species Ancestors (8)

C. mossiae 25.00%

C. warscewiczii 25.00%

C. dowiana 18.75%

C. trianae 12.50%

C. gaskelliana 6.25%

C. labiata 6.25%

C. purpurata 3.13%

C. dowiana var. aurea 3.13%

Cattleya Starting Point, Armacost 1982 (RHS)