Coerulea (blue) Cattleyas

In Cattleyas the ‘coerulea’ color or ‘blue’ as it is referred to are very intriguing and rare in nature. In the early years of breeding for blues there were not many known species in this coerulea color. Breeding was limited to a few possibilities. Today, we have many species and hybrids to breed with, and the quality of blue flowers has been vastly improved. Plant habit and speed to bloom have also been improved. There are several new trends in breeding with blue flowers the development of blue flares and bifoliate blues. These are truly new breeding lines and well worth acquiring a few.

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Coerulea (blue) Cattleyas | Species

SVO1694

Lc. Love Knot v. coerulea ‘SVO’ HCC/AOS x C. lueddemanniana v. coerulea ‘Kathleen’

The expectation for these will be nice compact coerulea blue hybrids with larger than average flowers.  Love Knot is (L. sincorana x C. walkeriana) and breeds flat flower form.  The lueddemanniana has large 6½“ flowers with beautifully full lips. A new direction in breeding of compact blues.

3" - $15

SVO 1923

Lc. Cornelia v. coerulea ‘Floralia’ x Lc. Love Knot v. coerulea ‘SVO’ HCC/AOS

Fine “blue” breeding at its best!  This is a combination of 4 coerulea species:  L. pumila, L. sincorana, C. labiata, and C. walkeriana.  Compact plants with large, flat coerulea blue flowers.  These will produce relatively large flowers on a small plant. Picture of first to bloom had three, 6” flowers on a 6” tall plant!

SOLD OUT

SVO 1940

C. Claesinter (C. Claesiana v. coerulea 'Haneda' x C. intermedia v. aquinii, coerulea 'SVO Blue Splash')

The Claesiana (C. intermedia x C. loddigesii) is a light blue flared flower that looks like a super intermedia aquinii.  The C. intermedia ‘SVO Blue Splash’ has dark blue flare and lip, it is an excellent cultivar. Don’t miss out on these, they are very collectable grow very vigorously and look like superb C. intermedia aquinii, coerulea.

The parent C. Claesiana v. coerulea ‘Haneda’ was originally distributed as C. intermedia v. aquinii, coerulea ‘Haneda’ and received an AM/AOS award.  However, upon further review, it was determined to be the primary hybrid C. Claesiana and the award nullified.  C. Claesiana v. coerulea ‘Haneda’ is a great grower and bloomer.  And is appearing to be a good breeder as well.  Sorry for any confusion which may have arisen from the earlier listing.

3" - $12

SVO 1946

C. lueddemanniana v. coerulea (C. lueddemanniana v. coerulea ‘Kathleen’ x C. lueddemanniana v. coerulea ‘Gran Blue Heaven’ AM/AOS)

Here we have a sibling cross of two fine coerulea varieties.  These will have large flowers, beautiful lips and are strong growers. These use to be quite rare and very expensive but now you can obtain them for a reasonable price!

3" - $20

SVO 1962

C. Princess v. coerulea (C. lueddemanniana v. coerulea ‘Kathleen’ x C. trianaei v. coerulea ‘Kathleen’ HCC/AOS)

Here we have remade a classic primary hybrid originally registered by Veitch in 1899.  However, this time we have used two select coerulea varieties.  Both species have large flowers.  C. trianaei coerulea is still quite rare in cultivation and these are a first in this type of breeding. This is excellent blue breeding.

3" - $15

SVO 1971

Lc. Floralia’s Azul v. coerulea ‘Sandra’ AM/AOS x C. trianaei v. coerulea ‘Kathleen’ HCC/AOS

We continue with our breeding of blues using the full shaped trianaei v. coerulea.  C. trianaei is known for imparting petal width and Floralia’s Azul is proving to be an excellent parent.  These will be compact growers with well shaped coerulea blue flowers.  C. trianaei coerulea is still quite rare in cultivation and these are a first in this type of breeding. Not to be missed.

3" - $15

SVO 2084

C. Portia v. coerulea (C. labiata v. coerulea ‘TJ’ x C. bowringiana v. coerulea ‘Blue Angel’ HCC/AOS

This is a classic hybrid remake using coerulea parents.  C. Portia coerulea was very popular in the 70’s and lately has been winning cultural awards around the country. You can expect 7-12 beautifully shaped coerulea blue flowers when mature.  These are large growing plants, however we bloomed the first seedling in 2 years from flask!

3" - $12

 

** Some pictures are representative of the cross and not actual parents.

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