Whenever you do a "selfing," you'll get a variety of characteristics, spread out in a bell-shaped
curve. The majority - the middle, highest point in the curve - will be quite similar to the
original plant, while as you get out into the "tails" of the distribution curve, you will get some
with better features, some with worse.

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"K Barrett" wrote in message news:FDvMc.154207$%_6.90600@attbi_s01...
And the site reads that you may not (probably won't) get ones just like
'Gulfstream Blue'. Of course they phrase it that you may get something
better....

K Barrett

"V_coerulea" wrote in message
...
HP's Phal. violacea ('Gulfstream Blue' JC/AOS x self) is every bit as
beautiful as he claims. He's against meristem of these plants but now
offers
a flask of 5-6 selfed seedlings for $150. The blue of Gulfstream Blue is
fantastic. Get one for next year's cross. That's HP Norton at
www.Orchidview.com for those who didn't know.
Gary

"Mick Fournier" wrote in message
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Well it is that time of the year again to try and cross two nice
Phalaenopsis violacea coerulea orchids I have been working with for the
last
couple of summers now. The pod parent this summer will be a mericlone
of
Joseph Wu's "Joy" from Taiwan I acquired earlier this year. It is
blooming
now and looks like this



http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...a_coer_joy1a.j
pg


http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...a_coer_joy3a.j
pg

The coerulea is on the right side. I have included a regular violacea
in
the picture on the left just to see/test the standard magenta
coloration.

My question to you is this... do you know of any better coerulea
clones/specimens than this? If so, I would like to see the picture or
hear
about it.

Mick