Dendrobium Burana Pearl, Sonia, Burana Pink in bloom

[NYCorchidman]

I once ran across a nice list blue flowers, but have no idea what they were.
I personally had some plants that had true blue color flowers with no hint of purple.
Two nice examples are hyacinth (I think it was delft blue is the variety name, it's pale, pastel blue) and blue daisy, this is kind of generic name. It has nice sky blue petals with bright golden center.

Regarding your dens, well, if you've grown them in your setting for a number of years and they have survived fine, then I guess it's fine for them.
The ones with more biggibum or round flower shape take cooler temperature better than skinny flowered plants as these are naturally growing at a latitude closer to the equator.
I think the key is keeping them dry when the temp is low, like under 60F is very low for them I think.

You changed your main photo from pink miltoniopsis to this cattleya. started to buy some cattleyas now?

[silken]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I once ran across a nice list blue flowers, but have no idea what they were.
I personally had some plants that had true blue color flowers with no hint of purple.
Two nice examples are hyacinth (I think it was delft blue is the variety name, it's pale, pastel blue) and blue daisy, this is kind of generic name. It has nice sky blue petals with bright golden center.

Regarding your dens, well, if you've grown them in your setting for a number of years and they have survived fine, then I guess it's fine for them.
The ones with more biggibum or round flower shape take cooler temperature better than skinny flowered plants as these are naturally growing at a latitude closer to the equator.
I think the key is keeping them dry when the temp is low, like under 60F is very low for them I think.

You changed your main photo from pink miltoniopsis to this cattleya. started to buy some cattleyas now?

Thanks for the info on warm growing Dens. I don't have many of them or much experience with them yet.

I actually have quite a few cattleyas but many of them were seedlings. I have been getting some nice blooms lately. Quite a few more sheaths but they may or may not produce blooms. Too soon to tell. I thought it was time for an avatar change

[Wrebbitrocks]

[QUOTE=NYCorchidman;527403]I once ran across a nice list blue flowers, but have no idea what they were.
I personally had some plants that had true blue color flowers with no hint of purple.QUOTE]

the gentain family i think has some very blue flowers if not almost true blue. look up gentiana verna. theres a weed that grows in my yard thats also very blue and fading to periwinkle (comellina communis). i find the indigoes in lobelias and delphiniums very desireable and a vanda in indigo would seems better to me than blue. plus i like the way blue orchids look next to the other colours especially primaries. they seem to light up

[NYCorchidman]

[QUOTE=Wrebbitrocks;527988]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I once ran across a nice list blue flowers, but have no idea what they were.
I personally had some plants that had true blue color flowers with no hint of purple.QUOTE]

the gentain family i think has some very blue flowers if not almost true blue. look up gentiana verna. theres a weed that grows in my yard thats also very blue and fading to periwinkle (comellina communis). i find the indigoes in lobelias and delphiniums very desireable and a vanda in indigo would seems better to me than blue. plus i like the way blue orchids look next to the other colours especially primaries. they seem to light up

Yeah, some in that plant group is almost true blue althouhg most have purple hue.
Light blue delphiniums are true pastel blue along with Morning Glory Heavenly Blue, which is also true blue without a hint of purple.

There are two very common weeds that have true blue flowers. They look so nice but have no idea what they are called.