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Why No Blue Orchids
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 |
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Why No Blue Orchids
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...ntinecoer1.jpg 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...oer_aulisi.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...y_blue-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 ------------------------------- "erik" wrote in message . 97.131... 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 |
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Why No Blue Orchids
Mich
great Information. Thanks Erik "Mick Fournier" wrote in : 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 1 .jpg 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 i 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 u 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 ------------------------------- "erik" wrote in message . 97.131... 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 |
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You are right in that there are no proper blues in the commonly grown orchids. However, a few nice blues do come to mind. Have a look at the following sites that I've quickly pulled from Google. http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/...20Page%204.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orchid/gall_02.html http://www.secure.lewis-uk.net/david...log/Vanda.html http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/orchids/disa.htm Weng |
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Why No Blue Orchids
Weng wrote:
You are right in that there are no proper blues in the commonly grown orchids. However, a few nice blues do come to mind. Have a look at the following sites that I've quickly pulled from Google. http://tinyurl.com/g778w Weng Thank you Weng for putting the Ron Heberle Thelymitra page first when it comes to real blue orchids, but Western Australia has some other blue orchids too. Take a look at this page.... http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eemnte...ar_Gallery.htm Cyanicular orchids are some of the bluest you will find anywhere. The whole of the Species Orchid Society of Western Australia web site has over 1000 pictures of the WA natives including so many blue orchids, it would turn your head. Please enjoy Tony |
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