Ctt. Final Blue

[papayj]

Faithfully blooming again for the autumn season. It flowers twice in the year, at spring and again at autumn, and it is super easy to grow too! Of course, as it has 75% of walkeriana ancestry, it has wonderful citrus scents typical of walkeriana.



Three flowers, with two more coming.



It has nice mauve, blueish purple color. I know, this is not true blue, but sometimes it can really look like blue, especially when looking at it in morning or evening sun where the light intensity is low and the hue of the sunlight is rather yellowish...in other words, the eyes can pull a trick on you, but I find it to be rather pleasant to be tricked in this case.



However, one of the flowers has its dorsal sepal fused with the column. I have had this kind of defect before, so it might be a problem of my particular clone.

Nice color, nice overall shape, nice fragrance and super easy to grow and flower, in a small compact growth, I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes "blue" cattleyas.

[camille1585]

Very nice! That fused dorsal sepal is weird looking, what a shame that it likely isn't freak occurances.

Mine is in bloom again for the second time this year as well, though not as nice as the spring blooming. The spike didn't grow very far out of the sheath and one flower is trapped in the not yet fully grown leaf...

[DeaC]

I think it's a beauty...fused or not. Being in that lovely sunny window,that petal is just turning into the plants sunglasses.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by papayj

However, one of the flowers has its dorsal sepal fused with the column. I have had this kind of defect before, so it might be a problem of my particular clone.

Great colours and shapes. How tightly fused is it? If just a little bit, then could try carefully forcing it apart. Just depends on how tightly it is bonded to the column.

Still a great show. Some departure from the norm is kind of nice too ----- individual. And the majority of the flowers are normal ----- so a nice mix!