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Keysguy 12-06-2020 05:47 PM

Guarianthe bowringiana var. coerulea 'Blue Smoke'
 
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I have 1 species and 2 different coerulea varieties of bowringiana and this is by far my favorite.

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sam1147 12-07-2020 10:51 AM

Dont think yours ia a coerulea.

Dorchid 12-07-2020 11:27 AM

Beauty!

Keysguy 12-07-2020 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sam1147 (Post 944295)
Dont think yours ia a coerulea.

Interesting. So now you've made me do some digging.

You might be correct! The other one I have is "'Blue Angel' and the only difference is the lip is a bit darker on 'Smoke' which is why I like it better I think. It gives it better contrast.

When I look in OrchidWiz, 'Angel' is listed as var. coerulea and 'Smoke' is not. Fascinating because when you put them side by side, other than the density of the lip color, they are identical.

However, elsewhere such as Normans's Orchids and a few others I found, clearly list 'Smoke' as var coerulea.

sam1147 12-07-2020 01:12 PM

Mine (seedling ) just bloomed --https://www.flickr.com/photos/164433082@N02/50632810232/in/datetaken/

Keysguy 12-07-2020 01:15 PM

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Link's not working Sam.

BTW----- here's a pic of 'Angel'

sam1147 12-07-2020 01:23 PM

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I hope this link works.

sam1147 12-07-2020 02:19 PM

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Keysguy - Sorry I lost my original photos. Here is a small one but you can see the real coerulea :

Keysguy 12-07-2020 05:03 PM

Wow. That flower doesn't look anything like any of my bowringiana's. The new growth starting up right under the flowers looks right though. Very interesting!
That's a pretty color.

Diane56Victor 12-08-2020 01:35 AM

Wow the colour on the 'Blue Smoke' is intense! Very nice.


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