Look what I just got !!!!

[Don Perusse]

Suziep - I went back thru my pictures and wanted to show you my BL Yellow Bird. As shown in the pic. they are rose color when first opening then within a few days they turn bright yellow, w/spotted lip.

The second picture is where they have all turned yellow.

[susiep]

Don, a little bit different, I agree. Mine also has longer spikes that tend to droop over. Perhaps there is a difference in the amount of light (?). It will be blooming again soon. I am very curious about what it will look like!

Thanks Roly for inspiring this discussion!

[Roly0217]

Originally Posted by susiep

Thanks Roly for inspiring this discussion!

You're welcome and I'll let you guys know if it turns white with age or if in the next bloom it will go from pink to yellow

[Royal]

Have to chime in on this one...

I got one of these in a OB trade a month or two ago. (Thanks, you know who you are ) It was only a small two p-bulb division, but a new growth has matured quickly and has a spike already! I'll snap a few pics when it opens.

Do you all know if these are clones or seedlings? Seedlings will show wide variability which could explain the color differences (Don has a redhead child and Susie has a blond). It could also be that someone re-did that cross using different parents. Interesting...

[Dorothy]

Bl. Yellow bird has Brassavola nodosa as a parent and is known to be a 'color-changer' ..
(Bl. Richard Mueller is the other parent)
This is also evident with the other B. nodosa hybrids I have/had -
Bc. Maikai 'Mayumi' HCC/AOS (B. nodosa x C. bowringiana)
Bc (Little Stars x Maikai) 'Hawaii'
and
Blc. Haleahi Sunbow (Bc. Maikai x Blc. Golden Tang)

[Royal]

Ooo, I have a new Maikai and a Hawaii Stars too. Now I really can't wait! Keen insight, Dorothy.

[Dorothy]

Oooh, I love Hawaii Stars!
I look forward to it's photos

[Royal]

I was under the impression that Bc Hawaii Stars was B. Little Stars x Bc. Maikai. At least that's what the tag says.
Those tags have been wrong before!

[Dorothy]

Rofleara or Blc. Hawaii Stars = Brassavola Little Stars X Sophrocattleya Memoria Robert Strait

Brassavola Little Stars = Brassavola nodosa X Brassavola subulifolia

Rolfeara is a hybrid genus comprised of Brassavola, Cattleya and Sophronitis.
(Laelia purpurata has now been reclassified as Sophronitis purpurata which is in Sc. Memoria Robert Strait's lineage)

Bc (Little Stars x Maikai) 'Hawaii' is the name of a particular hybrid with a cultivar of 'Hawaii' .. it's grex is a combination of both parents and doesn't have a single registered name as far as I know ..

[charmbutterfly]

I really REALLY love the yellow one!! Good choices!!