Where to buy blue forms of phals? Equestris especially.

[Ordphien]

Hello! Haven't been on in a while.

As the title says I'm looking for the blue forms of many different phals. Violacea, bellina, and hybrids like sapphires gala or jiahos blueberry. But I can't seem to find them for sale anywhere that's not a sibling population. My collection is limited in space and I really don't want to keep buying crosses hoping to get the coerulea version. So where the heck do I buy these guys?

The one that's really getting me is equestris. That thing keikis like crazy but no one seems to have it. I can't find a solid source for one anywhere. Google isn't being helpful. So I'm asking here.

I know Norman's has the crosses but I've had very bad experiences with them in the past. Though it has been like 5 years so maybe they've changed.

[billc]

Did you try Peter Lin at Bigleaf Orchids? He might know where to find one.

Bill

[WaterWitchin]

Hausermann's? Orchids.com? They have Jiaho Blueberry. I have a Phal. Summer Rose 'Blue Star' that's supposedly quite nice. It's not bloomed yet.

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by billc

Did you try Peter Lin at Bigleaf Orchids? He might know where to find one.

Bill

I forgot about Big Leaf! This is what happens when you leave for a while. You forget where everything can be bought lol.

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Hausermann's? Orchids.com? They have Jiaho Blueberry. I have a Phal. Summer Rose 'Blue Star' that's supposedly quite nice. It's not bloomed yet.

Hausermanns I checked but the one the have is peloric which isn't really my jam.

I'm really avoiding Norman's aka Orchids.com. I spent hundreds on their site in the past on mericlones of blue phals. What I ended up receiving was a bunch of crosses that not only weren't what I ordered. But not a single one was even a coerluea form. Customer service did not respond for weeks and in the end they threw a 10% off coupon my way and told me I was out of luck.

It was an awful experience.

[DrDawn]

I've had great luck with Carri from OrchidPhile. She's based in CT and specializes in Phals. They don't have a website but they are on FB and they do quarterly emails with their current plant lists. (There is an Ebay seller who uses their name but is NOT them.) They often have an interesting assortment, including Phal. equestris fma coerulea as of June.

EDIT:
The July list went out today and OrchidPhile has multiple coerulea options if you're still looking!

[bejay]

I got 2 Phal Summer Rose and 1 Kenneth Schubert from orchidclassics4u.com. Both of the Summer Rose have 2 spikes and one is currently in bloom. Their shipping is free for orders over $50. The Summer Rose is "Blue Star" and came out coerulea, and was lucky to get the Kenneth Schubert to bloom out coerulea.
A little pricey, but Rob Shepherd is the one presently into coerulea breeding at the moment, based in the US. His shop is at sapphiredragonorchids.biz. His old website is still up where you can see the history of his coerulea crosses (sapphiredragonorchids.com). Norman's (orchids.com) has a lot of coerulea/indigo phals for sale. They do mention on their site that they are seedlings from coerulea parents and not mericlones, so it is expected to not come out 100% coerulea.

[Ordphien]

Originally Posted by DrDawn

I've had great luck with Carri from OrchidPhile. She's based in CT and specializes in Phals. They don't have a website but they are on FB and they do quarterly emails with their current plant lists. (There is an Ebay seller who uses their name but is NOT them.) They often have an interesting assortment, including Phal. equestris fma coerulea as of June.

EDIT:
The July list went out today and OrchidPhile has multiple coerulea options if you're still looking!

Oh no! I don't have Facebook! That's such a shame.

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Originally Posted by bejay

I got 2 Phal Summer Rose and 1 Kenneth Schubert from orchidclassics4u.com. Both of the Summer Rose have 2 spikes and one is currently in bloom. Their shipping is free for orders over $50. The Summer Rose is "Blue Star" and came out coerulea, and was lucky to get the Kenneth Schubert to bloom out coerulea.
A little pricey, but Rob Shepherd is the one presently into coerulea breeding at the moment, based in the US. His shop is at sapphiredragonorchids.biz. His old website is still up where you can see the history of his coerulea crosses (sapphiredragonorchids.com). Norman's (orchids.com) has a lot of coerulea/indigo phals for sale. They do mention on their site that they are seedlings from coerulea parents and not mericlones, so it is expected to not come out 100% coerulea.

Oh my goodness! Summer Rose was one of the ones I wanted. So was Kenneth Schubert. They were out of Kenneth but I did order a summerv rose! Thank you so much.

Sapphiredragonorchids is exactly what I'm looking for thank you so much.

I'm avoiding Norman's. I've had really bad experiences with them.

[DrDawn]

Originally Posted by Ordphien

Oh no! I don't have Facebook! That's such a shame.

I'll DM you her email address so you can write to her and get on her mailing list.

[Hybrid]

Phal. equestris 'Blue Wanchio' SM/TOGA x self is available at Little Brook Orchids. I've gone there and had a good experience, but I've never ordered them online.