Cattleya Twinkle Star (Cattleya Avignon × Cattleya Empress Frederick)

The orchid Cattleya Twinkle Star is a Cattleya hybrid registered with the Royal Horticultural Society by R.Gore in 1954.
Top three species ancestors and their influences are

• Cattleya mossiae (37.5%)  subgenus Cattleya  section: Cattleya 
• Cattleya dowiana (25.0%)  subgenus Cattleya  section: Cattleya 
• Cattleya purpurata (18.75%)  subgenus Crispae  section: Crispae   series: Cattleyodes