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Old 08-12-2008, 02:03 AM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
K Barrett K Barrett is offline
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Default Blue Sarcochilus

John Woolf made Sarco John Woolf which is supposedly about as blue as they
get:
http://www.woolforchidculture.com/ma...from=Sarc_Pics

Hope the link works. If not you can see some nice sarcos by following the
'orchid picture' link on the home page to Australian Sarcos. We only see
the white with red barring at the center, whether we're talking
fitzgeraldii, hartmanii, Fitzhart, what have you. I was interested to see
there are yellows, oranges (needs improvement), reds, and blues.

Y'all have a whole differnt world down there, *G*

K Barrett
"BIO-Dex Consulting" wrote in message
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I havent seen any personally, but I know of a few people who are still
trying to get a pure THelymitra style blue in many of the genera.

Kye.

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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Any Australians still here? Anyone seen any blue sarcochiluses? I read
an article in Orchids Australia (from 4/2001) by W D Morris saying that
Banks and Woolf tried making blues.. He postulated a method for doing so.

So my question is, has anyone actually made one? Ever see any?

We here in the States don't see the range of Australian orchids you make.
For example we rarely see red fitzgeraldiis. So I wondered if this ever
really happened.

K Barrett