Orchid named Tenerife

Abstract

A new variety of orchid plant of the genus Odontioda distinguished particularly by the overall deep red coloration of its flower, the sepals, petals and labellum being generally of a dark geranium lake color slightly darkened in the central parts by a suffusion of magnolia purple giving an impression of a very slightly darker center, with the white anther providing a very small white center appearing above the very small yellow teeth of the labellum, all of which combines with an unusual and radially uniform shape to produce a most attractive flower. The new plant is further distinguished in that it has no definite flowering period and flowers whenever new growth is completed.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct seedling cultivar of orchid Oda Balek × Odm. Pacha, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized as to novelty by the overall deep red color of its flowers and the distinctive flower form which generally conforms with an equilateral rectangular shape.