Flowers of single sex have never been reported in Cattleya nor its relatives, and yours is most likely simply a freaky, malformed flower. Male and female flowers are produced regularly only in Catasetum, Cycnoches, and Mormodes, but they occasionally produce flowers with both sexes. Grammatophyllum scriptum often produces malformed flowers near the base of each inflorescence, but these do not constitue dimorphic flowers. Dimorphorchis produces dimorphic flowers (the basal two or three are different from the rest), but they all appear to have both sexes.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am aware that some of the species of orchids have male and female > flowers. I have an unknown Cattleya (hurricane tag removal) that is now in > bloom. > On one of the inflorescence there are three blooms, two looking normal, the > third is without a lip, the column three times as long, and narrower than > the > other two, and the anther is 1/2 the size. There is also a slight > difference in the fragrance. Is there such a thing as male & female > Cattleya flower? > > Ron Rico > Valkaria, Fl > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > > > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
