These seedlings are that rare 'coerulea' blue** color-form of this beautiful Brazilian species. The shapely flowers have a delicate off-white hue of lavender-blue tint and a contrasting lip of amethyst-purple with yellow at the throat. Delicate Fragrance. Since the long cold wet Winters of 2023 and 2024, we have been growing these seedlings in our heated greenhouse, where they have been much happier. We expect it would also do well as a window-sill plant (twice as much light as a phal) and under lights (as long as lights are seasonally adjusted for day-length).
**Orchids of coerulea color-form are often called "blue", which confuses many orchid admirers, since most actually look purple, not blue. "Coerulea" orchids lack the genes responsible for red flower color, and their 'cooler' overall coloration makes them distinct. This genetic trait is even more rare than orchid albinism and typically produces blooms with some combination of white, purple, and green.
Established blooming-size seedlings with buds in sheath. 'Seedlings' are the offspring of pollination; as siblings they may be similar, yet each seedling is unique and no two seedlings are identical in precise color or shape.
We hope some will be blooming for our Fall Open House November 7-9, 2025. Cattleya fans might visit SBOE on Friday the 7th and then head down to Huntington Gardens on November 8th for the Inaugural Cattleya Symposium presented by Huntington Gardens and The Orchid Digest.
Intermediate growing. October-November blooming. Species from Brazil.
Established blooming-size seedling with one flower-spike budding in sheath, $100.
Plus shipping and handling.
