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Rhynchovola Jimminey Cricket = Brassavola nodosa × Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Unfortunately, it does not smell, even though Brassavola nodosa smells really nice, and Rhynchovolas are also supposed to have a smell.

With bonus Jiminy Cricket pin.

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Chysis laevis is in the subtribe Chysinae (it was previously placed in Bletiinae).

The flowers were open only a few days and I suspect they pollinated themselves, because I don't have anything closely related.

There are four fruits in total, and they are quite large.

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Chysis laevis Lindl.

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This orchid opened three flowers, which were open only a few days. I suspect that they self-pollinated somehow, but I'm not sure. (They now have "thick" fruit-like parts.) I couldn't detect any smell.

Chysis is in subtribe Bletiinae according to Wikipedia, and in subtribe Chysinae according to Genera Orchidacearum Vol. 4. I couldn't find how the RHS classifies it. In any case, the genus is in tribe Epidendreae, which also includes subtribe Laeliinae.

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I bought this in January 2023.

Myrmecocattleya Luster = Cattleya forbesii × Myrmecophila thomsoniana

Both species are in the subtribe Laeliinae.

I believe I smelled a very faint perfume, but I'm not 100% sure.