Phalaenopsis Lueddemanniana Coerulea 'Mituo #1'

[mopwr]

[QUOTE=isurus79;998896]Nice! I ask since I think I got the same one from Big Leaf. I hope mine turns out as nice as yours![COLOR="Silver"]

One additional thing I think is worth mentioning on the color, I am currently growing this in my unheated basement, on a lower rack where temps are currently in the 66 day / 63 night range (the coldest part of the year right now), the only reason for any variance in the day temps might be because of the heat put off by the lights and residual heat from the house (and furnace that's located in the basement)... The takeaway here being that these flowers developed on the colder side, and I know that temperatures can often impact color on phals.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by mopwr

One additional thing I think is worth mentioning on the color, I am currently growing this in my unheated basement, on a lower rack where temps are currently in the 66 day / 63 night range (the coldest part of the year right now), the only reason for any variance in the day temps might be because of the heat put off by the lights and residual heat from the house (and furnace that's located in the basement)... The takeaway here being that these flowers developed on the colder side, and I know that temperatures can often impact color on phals.

Good to know!

[Dalachin]

Really beautiful. Thanks for the culture facts, I hope to get one of these someday.

[DirtyCoconuts]

this is exceptional

[Louis_W]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Coerulea flowers don't lack red pigment, not sure where that thought originated. Lack of red pigment is characteristic of alba flowers (which can be white, yellow or green)

To be honest, that thought originated in my own attempt to figure out what these things all really mean from a genetics standpoint. Its a little tricky to find clear genetics information so im not suprised to hear that I am off base and that it isnt that simple.

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Originally Posted by isurus79

Mr.FakeName told me the the "coffee" tetraspis comes from coerulea lineage and I see plenty of brown undertones in the two plants I've bloomed. Maybe there's a similar interplay of coerulea and brown in this species?

That makes some sense, but i guess i get confused since coerulea is so recessive how can it have interplay. Two seperate recessive traits occuring at the same time withought affecting one another i suppose... Phal genetics are confusing!

[Roberta]

Orchid genetics ARE complicated. And vary by genus. A characteristic such as color may be controlled by more than one gene so the Mendelian genetics aren't so simple. Outstanding hybrids usually aren't accidents - hybridizers work from a deep pool of knowledge, usually acquired over many years - and lots of failures as well as successes. (The truly ugly ones we never see, the "nice but not outstanding" ones likely don't get named and even if they are, usually sold in local markets and never seen again) Only the very best are likely to be worth the trouble of mericloning.