Quote:
Originally Posted by orchidman77
So, I guess pigmentation in leaves/sheaths might work differently for bifoliates? With labiate cattleyas, they usually lack any spotting or pigmentation like albas. I have a coerulea Gaudii (tigrina x loddigesii) from SVO 2 years ago that has yet to bloom that will exhibit a little pigmentation on the developing growths, but I wouldn't call it red. I think the cross was done before with the same parents and yielded blue offspring. I'll have to wait and see for confirmation when it does bloom!
|
I dont think its so different. I have a few really dark plants that are pretty much solid red as they grow and they mature with a red outline and spotting. They also get darker green as you expose them to more light not lighter. The albas are totally clear and all my coeruleas are also clear and very light green.
I bet its like tipo plants. Very dark flowers are indicated by dark/a lot of pigments. Very dark saturated coeruleas probably have more speckles and maybe more of a grey caste. Mine are all very light and not very saturated (a little disappointingly) and they do noy show anything on the leaves. The photo from SVO looks like a rich dark one, so perhaps thats why the spots are visible
Hybrid Mode
