blue

Awarded AM (81 points) today to Andrew of Roehampton Orchids at our monthly judging. What stood out was the intense color and stance. The small dorsal and overall smaller size reduced the scoring. Congrats to the owner!

One of my blue walkies flowered in Sao Paolo (thanks Anderson!) with one 10.5 cm bloom from back bulbs. Still gathering strength for more flowers in a year or two. The form is very nice and the lip is very dark. I named it Blue Tooth because the lip reminded me of an upside down molar 🦷.

Are you all sitting down? Get a coffee or a nice wine and lounge on a nice chair. And let me know what you think of this: My Brazilian friend and fantastic grower Anderson just sent me a pic of my trianae coerulea flamea that shocked me at the beauty. I was speechless! At 13 cm and only one...

Likely the best bloom this plant has achieved (in DBryan’s GH). Almost 15.5 cm , round, flat and blue! Too bad it won’t last for judging 3 weeks from now ,(. This form is considered ‘ceniza’ type meaning that the petals and sepals are also bluish (vs true coerulea which has white sepals and...

Orchids (especially slipper orchids) are my main botanical passion, however I also grow a lot of other plants, and I am especially fond of blue Meconopsis. I have collected a few varieties now, and I have recently finished a watercolour painting of Meconopsis 'Dalemain,' which flowered earlier...