Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Kayla's Smile 'Sunshine'

We've seen Rhyncholaeliocattleya Kayla's Smile before (2014), but the 'Sunshine' part is new. Also the 2014 photos were better, alas.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Kayla's Smile = Cattleya Sunset Beach x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Susan Stromsland (Ref.)

Pretty pictures: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Kayla's Smile

Taking a momentary break from the Schlumbergeras for a previously-scheduled orchid. Doesn't necessarily do a lot for me (too daffodilly?), but I respect a bloom that can choose a color and really commit to it like this.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Kayla's Smile = Cattleya Sunset Beach x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Susan Stromsland (Ref.)

Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Brad Carter 'Bri-Lea'

One of your more orchidy orchids, I suppose.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Brad Carter 'Bri-Lea' = Rhyncholaeliocattleya Lisa Irene x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Memoria Roselyn Reisman (Ref.)

Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Paradise Ruby 'Sweetie'

No strong feelings about this one either way, I think.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Paradise Ruby 'Sweetie' = Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hisako Akatsuka x Cattleya Wendy's Valentine (Ref.)

Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Seto Rainbow 'Fantasy'

I've mentioned it before, but it bears repeating: I cannot wait for the day when every combination of "good" words has been used up for orchid hybrids, and the hybridizers have to resort to names like:

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Booger 'Donkey Ladle'
Paphiopedilum Soulless Infection 'Cthulhu'
Phalaenopsis Cursed 'Honk Fart.'

It's gonna happen someday. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but someday.

They'll probably still be pretty, though. A rose by any other name and all.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Seto Rainbow 'Fantasy' = Cattleya Irene's Song x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hawaiian Lightning

Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Firey Leopard x Rhyncattleanthe Martha Clarke

The International Orchid Register says it's Firey Leopard. The tag said Fiery Leopard (and also called both parents Potinara). Google corrects Firey to Fiery. None of the flower pictures that come up in Google image search for any combination of spelling (Firey / Fiery), parents (Firey Leopard / Martha Clarke), or genus name (Potinara / Rhynchocattleya / Rhyncattleanthe) look much like this photo, so I'm inclined to believe that this photo is a shared delusion between me and my camera and never actually existed.

Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Dick Smith 'Aloha Spirit'

This photo is the first orchid picture in quite a while that I thought turned out well, so I feel like I ought to write something about it, but it kind of speaks for itself, so I'm not sure what to say. I'm not crazy about the whole ruffly frilly Cattleya thing, but those colors! So pretty!

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Dick Smith 'Aloha Spirit' = Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hisako Akatsuka x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hawaiian Lightning)

Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Memoria Irene Feil 'Ruby Red'

The tag said Potinara, but apparently that's now Rhyncholaeliocattleya. Really we should know not to pay much attention to what the tags say anyway.

And it's not the best picture either, but you should probably also not be paying all that much attention to the pictures. Highly saturated reds and pinks always make my camera completely lose its mind: sometimes I can adjust it into a reasonable picture, and sometimes I can't.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Memoria Irene Feil 'Ruby Red' is Cattleya Pink Doll x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Odom's Sweetheart, according to the International Orchid Register.

Pretty picture: Potinara Sweet Norma 'Hilo Flame'

According to Wikipedia, the whole Cattleya alliance is a taxonomic mess. Sophronitis no longer exists, and is now Cattleya, and some Cattleyas have been moved to Guarianthe, plus a couple Brassavolas are now Rhyncholaelia.

Potinara is supposed to be the nothogenus for hybrids of Brassavola, Cattleya, Laelia and Sophronitis, but obviously if some of the parent species have changed names, then the nothogenus name has to change too.

Potinara Sweet Norma 'Hilo Flame' is a cross between Potinara Odom's Sweetheart and Brassolaeliocattleya Lawless Freischütz, except both parents are now Rhyncholaeliocattleyas instead. I'm assuming that this means that Pot. Sweet Norma 'Hilo Flame' is probably also actually a Rhyncholaeliocattleya.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya is the nothogenus for crosses between Rhyncholaelia and Cattleya. At this point, I officially run out of fucks to give about the ancestry of the grex, so if you still care (if you ever cared), you'll have to figure it out on your own. If you don't care, here is a pretty picture of a flower.

Pretty picture: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Sea Swirl

This orchid is neither marine nor swirly. Take it back and bring me another one immediately.