C. purpurata

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Shadeflower

Didn't even know you had this one SP. It's very nice. So the season must just be starting for you over in Oz

Thanks for joining us Shade (and all the other visitors that came in to visit and enjoy the pics with us) - and for the wonderful remarks.

It's summer time here now - and buds are really developing in some orchids over here. The season is starting here now - the summer season.

Just adding one extra pic captured this morning - with some more nice line art for us.

[ArronOB]

Hey SouthPark, this is my sole purpurata - flowering at the same time as yours even though I’m about 2000 kms south of you.

I was hoping for the same pure colours on the petals/sepals as yours but it wasn’t to be.

I bought this from Australian Orchid Nurseries when they were doing a line in ‘cool temperature orchids’. I bought it back in 2017 as a tiny seedling of two well known forms. It’s taken this long to first flowering.

Unfortunately the rain and the slug plague got to the flowers.

I also bought from them a purpurata crossed with Laelia grandis (second photo) - not pretty but a novelty and also a slug victim and first flowering. Also a purpurata v anceps cross which grows well and flowers profusely but unfortunately owes little to the purpurata parent and just looks like another anceps.

It’s a shame they no longer do their cool temperature selection as these sorts of plants are just about impossible to buy here now.

I envy your climate for growing orchids but when I visited FNQ years ago I couldn’t take the heat and scampered back to NSW.

Cheers

[SouthPark]

Arron ----- thanks for sharing those excellent pics of your purpurata and the hybrid. Both look fantastic. The dash of pink in the petals is a very nice feature. The various shapes and individuality is incredibly nice.

The purple lip in your pics really catches the eye. Absolutely loving the trumpet/tube shape of the lip too in these sorts of orchids. And also the nice petal shapes!

Thanks for mentioning AON too! I purchased some juvenile Den. Flinders 'Green Grub' from them on ebay. Not sure if that will flower up here in NQ. But that's ok ------ they're at least growing just fine here. I bought a Den. Australian Artist from them too ----- no particular cultivar though. Growing just fine here too ----- may not flower though, as I think (maybe) they require some long time cooling or something for flowering. But even then --- mine are just juveniles haha.

Thanks for your post again Arron! Beautiful flowers seen in your photos.