Cleisocentron gokungsii 'Blue Borneo' CHM/AOS

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A couple months ago I was at Piping Rock Orchids and saw this plant and just was entranced by it. Despite my attempt to refrained from securing it for my collection, it found itself in my growing area. Don't know how that happened! 😉

This plant is one of the true 'blue' colored flower species from Borneo (where I was born), home of so many spectacular orchids like the Paphiopedilum sanderianums and rothschildianums.

Credit to Glen Decker for growing such a magnificent specimen and blooms. There are eight growths to this plant (one mother plant and seven keikis) and eight inflorescences!

I brought it to the AOS judging today and the plant received a CHM, a certificate of horticultural merit, pending identification. As many of these have been misidentified and confusion persists, it is essential for AOS to differentiate between gokusingii and merrilianum (a closely related species).

The plant had 18 flowers and about 125 buds on eight spikes, blooming from four of the growths.











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