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Blue lip day 2: C.mossiae coerulea 'Alayon' x self x 2
Got this as a seedling in a collection dispersal oh I'd say about five
or six years ago. I kept it beacuse I assumed it would be blue. I was somewhat disappointed when I saw the flowers from behind hanging in amongst the purpuratas and such as they seemed all white. But there is actually a small blue blush running down the center of the lip. Faint, but more obvious in person than in the pic. The flowers are pretty fragile, I think. I pulled it down yesterday to get a look and again today. It bangs around a little in the breeze from the fan. As you can see from the pic, it's easily bruised. The thin yellow stripes down the centers of the sepals also surprised me. Once again, I'll post a close up of the lip. And it's nicely fragrant, sweet with some cinnamon in it. |
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Blue lip day 2: C.mossiae coerulea 'Alayon' x self x 2
This is very neat Tennis, I love it.
It doesn't seem to have the "'floppy bendover backwards" sepal that seems to be a mossiae trait? Cheers Wendy "tenman" wrote in message ... Got this as a seedling in a collection dispersal oh I'd say about five or six years ago. I kept it beacuse I assumed it would be blue. I was somewhat disappointed when I saw the flowers from behind hanging in amongst the purpuratas and such as they seemed all white. But there is actually a small blue blush running down the center of the lip. Faint, but more obvious in person than in the pic. The flowers are pretty fragile, I think. I pulled it down yesterday to get a look and again today. It bangs around a little in the breeze from the fan. As you can see from the pic, it's easily bruised. The thin yellow stripes down the centers of the sepals also surprised me. Once again, I'll post a close up of the lip. And it's nicely fragrant, sweet with some cinnamon in it. |
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