Mich

great Information.

Thanks

Erik

"Mick Fournier" wrote in
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Erik

C walkeriana var coerulea is probably the best candidate for deep rich
uniform coerulea in the Cattleya genus. For Cattleya hybrids the C
Valentine var coerulea is a good overall blue
http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f..._valentinecoer
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I just bought (via a Brazil connection) some C violacea var coerulea
"Fabio Nahas" x self in flask which I am coincidentally replating into
hobby flasks this weekend. I have high hopes that this grex will grow
out blue true to its parent. And, I offer a lot of coerulea Cattleya
species in my flask catalog www.OrchidFlask.com ... but it is true, we
don't see a lot of good vibrant blues in orchids. In a few hours some
nerdy orchid scientists will enter this thread and explain why that
pigment/gene is so hard to find/stimulate in orchids. That discussion
bores me to sleep so I won't get into the genetic
shortcomings/failures of orchids in the blue range now.

Some Cattleya species have a good dose of blue in the lip. Cattleya
lawrenceana var coerulea Aulisi is the best example of that type of
coloration
http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...awren_coer_aul
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si.jpg Armando Mantellini sells 2" seedlings of this beauty for $200
each. http://www.orquideariocerroverde.com/lawrenceana.htm
I have these in flask also.

One of the more blue Phalaenopsis is Krull Smith's P violacea var
coerulea Krulls Navy Blue
http://krullsmith.com/assets/phalaen...krulls_navy_bl
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e-200.jpg I just saw Jim Krull at the Redlands this morning and he was
selling 3" leaf span Phal violacea var coerulea (Krulls Navy Blue
AM/AOS 82pts x Crystelle HCC/AOS) at the show. These should be good
blues.

Blues are nice. We certainly all covet them. They are a challenge to
replicate in breeding, and I hope someone (mostly, I hope for myself)
eventually breeds some great "vibrant" blues one day.

Mick

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"erik" wrote in message
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Why is it there are no Blue orchids. With all the hybrids and such. I
have seen every color of the rainbow but i have never seen one that
is a nice vibrant blue

Erik