Phal. bellina 'coerulea'

[RandyT]

NS 5.1 cm, very fragrant. HF 214 strain from Jia Ho thru Long Life. This is 'Jungle' x sib. I bloomed a bunch and about 20% were coerulea, the rest were tipo red centered type.

Please note the mealie on the bud, now dead.



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[Xilia]

Oh, look at that color. It's so vivid, like it's been brushed with ink. I did not notice the bud until I've read though, eek.

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[AdamD]

Gorgeous!

 

[Don I]

Lovely colour.
Don

 

[SlipperFan]

Wonderful color. Bet it smells good, too.

 

[abax]

What a beautiful flower. I haven't seen this exact color
combination before and I love it.

 

[Ozpaph]

Is the colour accurate or is it really more blue than purple?

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[RandyT]

Thanks all. It does smell very nice!

It is more blue than purple, definitely a coerulea rather than purple/red. The shot was with my iphone using natural light. It is a tad greener, especially on the tepal outer halves. I think it is a bit darker in real life. The tipo purple/reds will be open soon. I actually prefer the red ones although the coeruleas used to be kinda rare.