Blc. Owen Holmes "Mendenhall" AM/AOS x Blc. Apricot Flare "Orchidheights" HCC/AOS

(wish someone would register this cross and shorten the name!)

This tall beast of a plant has been frustrating me for nearly 5 years. It would develop a sheath, then something would always happen to it.

Flowers are large, 6" tall this blooming, and have a sweet semi-fruity scent. I'm not overly fond of its habit of petal twisting. Petal texture is unusually thick.

I'd call it a mango color mostly, orange with a touch of pink on it. The lip is a soft brick red with an orange frill.

From a Carter & Holmes seedling in a 3" pot back in 1999.

Sharon