Cattleya walkeriana var coerulea 'Manhatten Blue'

[bigleaf]

Cattleya walkeriana var coerulea 'Manhattan Blue'

It is 50F this morning. I forgot I left this outdoor. Long overdue to bloom.

 

[adiaphane]

Oooh that's a nice flower! Fragrance?

 

[RandyT]

Nice one Peter! Growing very well, good job!

 

[NYEric]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Stone]

Beautiful healthy plant and lovely flower!

 

[AdamD]

Great flowers and well grown!

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautifully grown plant, Peter.

 

[abax]

Perfection, Mr. Lin, just perfection.

 

[Ozpaph]

That actually looks 'bluish'!

 

[bigleaf]

Thank you all. Oh my goodness, I bought this as a tiny seedling back in 2004 from Carmela Orchids. Catalog ID is T2947. I had help earlier this year so we repotted some Cattleya into orchidata bark.

Flower does have a nice fragrance.

I have couple seedlings of C Brazilian Jewel (walkeriana 'Edward' X nobilior v coerulea 'Pledge'). Let's hope that they don't take this long to bloom.

I like to try a few non-phals and be surprised with their flowers years from now. At the moment I'm building my Bulbophyllum collection.

 

[e-spice]

Very nicely grown and pretty!

 

[bigleaf]

Thank you everyone

Now I have two flowers. The fragrance is just amazing. It fills up entire foyer

 

[naoki]

Very pretty. Do you grow it along Phals (warm year around)?

 

[Lanmark]

Nice!

 

[bigleaf]

Very pretty. Do you grow it along Phals (warm year around)?

Yes, this is kept with my phalaenopsis. However, I left this plant outdoor this September. And surprise to find it flowering now.

 

[cnycharles]

Too bad your greenhouse isn't next to the airport, I'll be flying through Dallas airport next Friday (from El Paso to philly)


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[paphioboy]

Very nice.. I think this plant is a good example showing that walkeriana can produce spikes from the top of the bulbs, and not straight from the rhizome.