Lc Fire Dance 'Blanche' - Orchid Board

Mauricioguga · #1 09-19-2009, 10:18 PM

Hello Everybody!
Lc Fire Dance 'Blanche' (C. aurantiaca x Lc Fire Dance).

snow · #2 09-20-2009, 12:26 AM

really nice Mauricio

catwalker808 · #3 09-20-2009, 02:07 AM

Mauricio. Nice bloom.

I haven't seen one of these in many years. We were the first to mericlone and release this clone about 25 years ago. We don't even have the original plant anymore. There were 2 clones that we released back then ... 'Blanche' and 'Patricia'. They were siblings, however they differed in their plant habit, their color and even their blooming time.

'Patricia' is a smaller plant with concolor dark orange. As I recall, 'Blanche' is quite a bit taller and as your photo shows, it is a red-orange color. 'Patricia' always bloomed in late February to mid early March, about a month earlier than 'Blanche'. Since your 'Blanche' is blooming now, I guess that blooming schedule still holds true ... for the southern hemisphere.

Nice bloom. Good to see it again.

Here's a photo of 'Patricia' for comparison.

RosieC · #4 09-20-2009, 09:28 AM

Wow, I love that colour. Great pic.

tuvoc · #5 09-20-2009, 10:30 AM

Awesome color! Both of them.

Kim

Mauricioguga · #6 09-20-2009, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by catwalker808

Mauricio. Nice bloom.

I haven't seen one of these in many years. We were the first to mericlone and release this clone about 25 years ago. We don't even have the original plant anymore. There were 2 clones that we released back then ... 'Blanche' and 'Patricia'. They were siblings, however they differed in their plant habit, their color and even their blooming time.

'Patricia' is a smaller plant with concolor dark orange. As I recall, 'Blanche' is quite a bit taller and as your photo shows, it is a red-orange color. 'Patricia' always bloomed in late February to mid early March, about a month earlier than 'Blanche'. Since your 'Blanche' is blooming now, I guess that blooming schedule still holds true ... for the southern hemisphere.

Nice bloom. Good to see it again.

Here's a photo of 'Patricia' for comparison.

Congratulations, it's a wonderfull plant!
Not easy to take a good photo with the real colors, i'm still trying...
The clone Patrícia i didn't find it to buy in Brasil.

Sun rm.N.E. · #7 09-20-2009, 11:54 AM

Thanks for the nice photos Mauricio and Catwalker. I also appreciated the history.

My neighbor's plant reblooms remarkably every Spring in an East window in spite of gross neglect. I will have to get one.