Brassocattleya Richard Mueller

This perennial hybrid orchid was developed by crossing Brassavola nodosa with Cattleya milleri. Its star-shaped flowers have narrow orange petals and sepals and a broader, ruffled lip with reddish spots. It is part of the Cattleya alliance and has been used as a parent in further orchid breeding, including the hybrid Yellow Bird. Like other orchids in this alliance, it forms new growths along a rhizome, with pseudobulbs that store water. Photographed in Florida.