NEslipper
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So excited to finally see this in bloom, it has exceeded all my expectations. A select division purchased from Steven Christoffersen, this plant originally came out of the breeding program of Drago Strahija from his cross of C. lueddemanniana coerulea 'Siquisiqui' AM/AOS x 'Amparo'. My understanding is that 'Siquisiqui' and 'Amparo' were two of the original 4 type coerulea lueddemannianas collected from the jungle. This plant is incredibly vigorous under LEDs, throwing multiple leads and multiple growths per year. My first flowering of this plant, it has 3 flowers (on the smaller side for lueddemanniana) but that give off the most intense fragrance of any cattleya I have yet flowered. I love the splash/waterfall/veining pattern on the lip, much more than the coeruleas with a solid lip. Based on this flowering I would call it a "C. lueddemanniana coerulea pincelada venosa", I'm certainly not a taxonimist, so I'm curious to see what others think of that? As far as I know this plant is not awarded, but I would think on a good blooming it should be competitive for a quality award.
![aIMG_8054.JPG aIMG_8054.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44041-d3f40e0c3753f1313fda3e8e5eee51d8.jpg)
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Here are so photos with a black background, which I find distorts the color a bit, making the lip look more lavender than purple:
![bIMG_8064.JPG bIMG_8064.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44042-63ba7d85eee301fd1a262aad7781c00c.jpg)
![bIMG_8108.JPG bIMG_8108.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44043-da88506deaf1e83a5e22bdd1a15a66c6.jpg)
![cIMG_8087.JPG cIMG_8087.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44045-eecd65e93f95f1e9575ff62940f6ad06.jpg)
Here's a photo with one of my blooming paphs, which really emphasizes how gray the petals are:
![cIMG_8124.JPG cIMG_8124.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44046-6bd0eee89a57a27e8010319bb82b8ecd.jpg)
![cIMG_8180.JPG cIMG_8180.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44047-cea8fa3f406c9ea201f09ae31516568e.jpg)
![aIMG_8054.JPG aIMG_8054.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44041-d3f40e0c3753f1313fda3e8e5eee51d8.jpg)
![bIMG_8160.JPG bIMG_8160.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44044-5e44a41567cf83645153e21100e4b3d3.jpg)
Here are so photos with a black background, which I find distorts the color a bit, making the lip look more lavender than purple:
![bIMG_8064.JPG bIMG_8064.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44042-63ba7d85eee301fd1a262aad7781c00c.jpg)
![bIMG_8108.JPG bIMG_8108.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44043-da88506deaf1e83a5e22bdd1a15a66c6.jpg)
![cIMG_8087.JPG cIMG_8087.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44045-eecd65e93f95f1e9575ff62940f6ad06.jpg)
Here's a photo with one of my blooming paphs, which really emphasizes how gray the petals are:
![cIMG_8124.JPG cIMG_8124.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44046-6bd0eee89a57a27e8010319bb82b8ecd.jpg)
![cIMG_8180.JPG cIMG_8180.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/slippertalk/data/attachments/44/44047-cea8fa3f406c9ea201f09ae31516568e.jpg)