Cattleya labiata coerulea ‘Blue Bells’

[DrLeslieEe]

A lovely blue blooming it’s little heart out. Sister of ‘Blue Balls’. Big flowers at 15.5 cm.

 

[monocotman]

Stunning! Again great colour and form,
David

 

[GuRu]

Lovely one, Leslie ! Large flowers, good colours and a good shape...that's all you need.

 

[Guldal]

Stunning! Again great colour and form,
David

What can one add to these words of an expert, but acquiesce!

 

[My Green Pets]

Wow, the second photo especially, how nice. And so blue looking!!

 

[LO69]

Wow!!! Deep Blue lip. Clap clap clap

 

[Ozpaph]

beautiful. Any chance of a 'natural light' photo?

 

[abax]

Lovely Catt. with a pearly look to the petals. What's the background of this plant?

 

[tnyr5]

...blue balls?

 

[Just1more]

Gorgeous blooms! Love it!

 

[dodidoki]

Fantastic flowers!!!!

 

[southernbelle]

A lovely blue blooming it’s little heart out. Sister of ‘Blue Balls’. Big flowers at 15.5 cm.

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Stunning!! Love the color!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

beautiful. Any chance of a 'natural light' photo?

I will when the sun comes up... it's been snowing and cloudy this week.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Lovely Catt. with a pearly look to the petals. What's the background of this plant?

This one came from a selfing of labiata coerulea 'Natural Wonder' AM/AOS in Hawaii.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

...blue balls?

Yup, the sister plant has perfect round lip like a ball... thus the name.

 

[terryros]

Leslie, I also have a plant that I got from Orchids Limited as ('Natural World' x self) but I can tell by the tag they did not do the cross, so maybe got a flask or some plants from the same source you did. My flower is very similar to yours. The growths are short with thick pseudobulbs. There has always been a thick double sheath that I need cut the top 1/3 of off early to allow the inflorescence to get out. I have bloomed it five times but only once in the fall (twice summer, twice winter) but that must be cultural on my part.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Leslie, I also have a plant that I got from Orchids Limited as ('Natural World' x self) but I can tell by the tag they did not do the cross, so maybe got a flask or some plants from the same source you did. My flower is very similar to yours. The growths are short with thick pseudobulbs. There has always been a thick double sheath that I need cut the top 1/3 of off early to allow the inflorescence to get out. I have bloomed it five times but only once in the fall (twice summer, twice winter) but that must be cultural on my part.

I would love to see a photo of your flower? Just to see the range. I will post 'Blue Balls' pic up when I find it.

 

[terryros]

Here is a picture that I think was from the June 2020 blooming. I think the lighting conditions washed out the color a bit, but it wasn't a deep coerulea.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Here is a picture that I think was from the June 2020 blooming. I think the lighting conditions washed out the color a bit, but it wasn't a deep coerulea.
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Nice form and color, very similar to mine.

It is not typical for labiata to bloom in summer. Yours is an oddity.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

As requested, here are some pics in the natural light: