C. Christina Mendoza, 1st bloom, very good

[Fairorchids]

Cattleya intermedia aquinii coerulea x C. Floralia's Azul

I purchased 3 or 4 of these, the last time Alan Koch (Gold Country Orchids) came to NJ. It is a young plant in a 4" clay pot.

I am not a fan of splash petal types, nor of coeruleas in general, but something told me to get a few of these.
I may have to revise my likes & dislikes!

[SouthPark]

Know what you mean! Tastes can change. In orchid growing - the fascinating thing might be - why are we involved with it? For taste/like of particular kinds of orchids/flowers? For pro growing/breeding, etc. Or a combination of things.

Whatever it is due to ----- the result is the amazing sharing of the results - the photos of the orchids like this. Flowers that we probably wouldn't be able to see otherwise.

[fishmom]

Alan has reliably nice plants, and that one is a beauty!

[Bayard]

It is quite lovely!

[Leafmite]

Wow! How could you not like that?

I have a trio that I ordered from Alan a few years ago and I have just been waiting for them to bloom.

[DirtyCoconuts]

that is a really nice looking plant...thanks for sharing, Kim