Species & Hybrids

Updated February 4, 2012

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	BLC Blue Grotto 'Takagi' (BLC Victoria x LC Blue Boy) This is a mericlone of an excellent, classic blue bifoliate. The flowers are 4 1/2" displayed in clusters above the foliage. This clone has particularly heavy color saturation. 2", $8 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
	BLC Grezaffi's Blue 'Frank' x C Minerva 'Gran Wisteria' This is hybrid with a large-classic bifoliate blue crossed with C Minerva (loddegesii x bowringiana). We are expecting tall bifoliate plants with large clusters of moderate sized flowers. The flowers should have heavy color saturation and great shape. 2", $8 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
	BLC Lois McNeil ‘Ace’ x Cattleya Valentine coerulea is a more traditional complex blue bifoliate hybrid. Both are well-known for producing clusters of five to six or more 4+ inch flowers on spikes well above the foliage. Both are moderately large plants but have compact growing habits. This cross has been growing vigorously and should be an easy hybrid for specimen culture. 4", $18
NEW	Cattleya bowringiana var. coerulea ('Blue Angel' x self) is the blue form of cattleya species that is native to Central America. These plants will bloom profusely in the fall with heads of up to thirty 3” baby blue flowers with a darker lip. This species has been a very important foundation for many of today’s blue cattleya hybrids. 2", $10
	Cattleya Capra coerulea x Cattleya intermedia coerulea 'Delft Flare' Cattleya Capra is a primary hybrid between Cattleya amethystoglossa and Cattleya labiata. It was originally made by the English firm of Charlesworth LTD in 1910. Here we have used the remade coerulea form which has regal stature, excellent color and substance. We have mated it with an advanced form of Cattleya intermedia aquinii coerulea. We expect moderate sized plants bearing heads of four to five 4” flowers with excellent color - about 50% should be splashed. All of this grex should have excellent lip color. 2", $8 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
	Cattleya Dominiana (intermedia coerulea x maxima coerulea ‘Hector’ AM/AOS) This is a new re-make using blue parents of an old heirloom hybrid originally made by Veitch in 1859. We expect the plants to be compact growers with well-spaced clusters of light blue 4” flowers with a midnight blue lip. Maxima ‘Hector’ has only a small amount of veining in its lip but we are anticipating that some plants from this cross to bloom with a large amount of striping in the lip and hopefully the yellow barb typical of Cattleya maxima. 4", $35
	Cattleya Edith Loomis coerulea (walkeriana ‘Monte Azul’ x bowringiana coerulea) is a remake of an older hybrid that has been made with blue parents. The plants are stocky, compact growers with 3 to 4 relatively large flowers that will be a light blue with a darker blue lip. 3", $18
	Cattleya jenmanii coerulea (coerulea x coerulea 'Dark Lip') Is a very fragrant Cattleya species from Venezuela. This plant is a cross between two outstanding coerulea forms of C jenmanii. This intermediate grower can bloom twice a year. The flower picture is from one of our first-bloomed seedlings. This plant should bloom on its next new growth. 4", NBS, $40 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
	Cattleya Joan Landsberg coerulea x self This is a selfing of the hybrid between Cattleya Portia coerulea x Cattleya warneri coerulea originally registered in 1983. Our mother plant originates from the Carson Whitlow blue cattleya stud collection. The clear blue, well-shaped flowers have a darker lip highlighted by an intense yellow throat. Cattleya Joan Landsberg blooms twice a year. 2", $8 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
	Cattleya mossiae var coerulea ('Precocius' x '7834-1') is a species from Venezuela. The fragrant blue-lavender flowers have broad petals and have a hint of yellow in the throat. The lip is dark blue-violet. This plant prefers intermediate to warm temperatures. 4", $25
	Cattleya Portia ‘Sir Jeremiah Colman’ (bowringiana coerulea x labiata coerulea) is an heirloom coerulea hybrid that produces large clusters of light blue flowers with a darker blue lip. The flowers are 4-5” with excellent shape. This exceptional clone is named after the original breeder of this blue hybrid, Sir Jeremiah Coleman. 4", $24
	Cattleya warneri coerulea ('Do Suzuki' x self) This is a selfing of a very nice form of the Brazilian species. The flowers are medium blue with a darker blue lip. They are easy to grow and have some of the most exquisite flowers. 3", $16
	Laelia sincorana v coerulea is a rare species from Brazil that is well known for its relatively large 3” flowers on small plants. This is an intermediate growing species. This is the rare blue color form. 2", $40
	LC Academy Colors (C Interglossa ‘Blue Spots’ x LC Mini Purple coerulea) is a blue remake of a hybrid registered in 1999. The plants we have bloomed have all been blue but we haven’t seen many spots yet. We are expecting most to be 8 to 10” tall plants with clusters of 3” baby blue flowers and hoping the spotting will be prevalent on some of them. Flower picture is one of our first bloomed seedlings. 3", $12
	LC Amoena 'Blue Magic' x LC Aloha Bleu 'Gracielle' This is one of our latest hybrids that we have high hopes for. We expect that these seedlings will be a minature/compact version of L Amoena. Aloha Bleu will make the flower rounder and with more vivid colors. Flowers should be displayed well above the foliage due to the anceps heritage. 2", $8 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
SPECIAL	LC Amoena 'Blue Magic' AM/AOS x C Joan Landsberg coerulea This is a new blue cattleya hybrid between LC Amoena ‘Blue Magic’ AM/AOS x Cattleya Joan Landsberg coerulea. Joan Landsberg has four to five 5” flowers that are distinguished by their clear blue sepal and petal color and excellent shape. LC Amoena ‘Blue Magic’ will dominate this hybrid with the shape from its Laelia anceps parentage. We hope that many of the progeny will have the rounder shape and tepal color while still being displayed well above the foliage. 2", $8 SPECIAL - $5
SPECIAL	LC Cariad's Mini Quinee Mini Quinee produces baby blue 4” round flowers on compact plants. We remade this cross using an advanced form of intermedia aquinii coerulea which should produce many flared petal seedlings. Full range of flowers will be from some that look like a dwarf intermedia coerulea on steroids, some with lots of color saturation in the petals from the Mini Purple parent and some great flared petal plants similar to our picture. All are very easy growers and are expected to stay under 8” growth and are much more compact growers than the Mini Purple parent. Some award winners in here! 2", $8 SPECIAL - $5
NEW	LC Eximia v coerulea ‘Sea God’ (C warneri coerulea x L purpurata ‘werkhauserii’) produces light flowers with a wonderful blue lip. This cross was originally registered by Veitch in 1890 and has been remade with superior blue parents. The clone ‘Sea God’ has a remarkable dark lip. Plant form is large with groups of four or more large flowers. 4", $18
	LC Gaskell-Pumila ‘Azure Star’ HCC/AOS (C gaskelliana x L pumila) produces magnificent 6” flowers that are a light blue with a deeper blue flare at the tips along with a blue lip and a yellow throat. The flowers are large and flat and the plant is compact! 4", $26
	LC Interceps coerulea (Cattleya intermedia aquinii coerulea x Laelia anceps coerulea ‘Fort Caroline’) This is a re-make of LC Interceps using an advanced form of Cattleya intermedia aquinii coerulea. These plants will be moderate sized, compact growers with three to five 4 inch flowers displayed above the foliage. As with most aquinii breeding, we expect about 50% of the seedlings to exhibit the desired blue flaring. 2", $8
	LC Marcello Miranda x LC Gaskell-pumila 'Azure Star' HCC/AOS This is a unique combination of genetics. Marcello Miranda is a hybrid using one of the few blue rupcolious Laelias with the renowned Cattleya labiata. LC Gaskell-pumila also features a large unifoliate Cattleya by a miniature hydrolaelia. We expect this cross to produce very distinctive heads of coerulea flowers on compact growing plants. 2", $10 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
	LC Mini Symphony 'Elfin Blue' (Mini Purple x Pastoral Symphony) This cross involves only three species, two Hydrolaelias pumila and sincorana plus Cattleya walkeriana. The plants are guaranteed to stay compact and miniature. This plant will bloom twice a year. 3", $18 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive
	LC Nancy Dengenhardt (LC Canhamiana ‘Azure Sky’ x C intermedia v aquinii coerulea) is a new remake of this older 1960’s hybrid that has been bred for blue. The old pink form had classic shape from the three parents, Laelia purpurata, Cattleya mossiae, and Cattleya intermedia. The flower pictures are from two of our first-bloomed seedlings. 4", $20
	LC Sierra Skies 'Leone' BM/JOGA (LC Parysatis x C mossiae) This is a nice awarded blue clone producing clusters of 4+ inch flowers that can bloom several times a year. Nice fragrance on somewhat compact plants. 4", NBS, $28 Photo is representative of the plant you will receive