Lc Canhamiana coerulea Azure Skies vs Sky

[MikeNYC7]

I am looking for the correct clonal name for the plant.

I have seen both Skies and Sky used on sites. I have seen both claim AM/AOS.

It seems odd to have one plant with two very similarly named clones.

Is one or are both correct?
Thank you

[Roberta]

First, Welcome!

'Azure Skies' is probably the the correct one - that got the AM/AOS. I found a cultural award given to one called 'Azure Sky', I suspect that was an error. Since outstanding plants get cloned (so that the one with the 'Azure Sky' entry was, no doubt, a different plant even if genetically identical to the AM one) I'd go with 'Azure Skies' being correct, labels have errors quite frequently.

[MikeNYC7]

Thank you!
Skies makes the most sense to me, but seeing both used on grower's sites, and what I think of as research sites was confusing.
Thanks again

[Roberta]

Remember, too, that the first AM/AOS happened a rather long time ago (like 1997). There actually is a slightly higher-score AM/AOS in 2021, but the cloning certainly was done on the "original" one. So there are lots of clones of the original plant in lots of places, plenty of chances for errors on tags (like going from plural to singular).

[Relemitty]

Welcome to the Orchid Board, MikeNYC7.
Look around at the discussions here because there is a lot of good information.

I bought a Lc. Canhamiana 4N on Saturday and I probably looked at the same web searches as you.
There is a lot of variation on the color of the bloom.

Please post pictures of yours when you get a bloom.
Mine is likely at least a year from blooming size.

[MikeNYC7]

Mine is not 4N.
I believe I'm at least two years away from flowers.
There was very little root in the pot, but what is there is branching and there is a fresh root developing at the rhizome.
You can just see it through the pot above my thumb.

[Roberta]

Orchid teach patience...

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Welcome!