papheteer
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A primary of warneri and warscewiczii. Huge and fragrant!
Cattleya Dupreana ‘Kodama’
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Is it really that blue?
Wow that is stunning!
papheteer
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Pics are unedited. Taken in front of 6500k led
Please, be so kind, and give us a photo in natural light!
Paphman910
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What kind of 6500 LED and what wattage are using and height above leaves?
Dupreana was RHS registered in 1906. It may have been RHS awarded over the years, but there are only two AOS awards, an HCC for an alba in 1989 and an HCC for a “lavender-blue” in 2010. Your ‘Kodama’ looks at least as good as the 1989 cultivar. I can find that ‘Kodama’ has been available online from a handful of Cattleya growers so it looks like it was mericloned. So, highly regarded but maybe not taken for judging?
Dupreana has been well regarded as a parent, being used in over 100 registered hybrids. I have a plant of Annie, a backcross of Dupreana (coerulea) to warneri (coerulea) that I will be happy to see bloom.
The 6500K color index lighting would be noon sunlight, so more toward the blue spectrum than morning or afternoon light. Lighting conditions probably explain the color variation of the online photos of 'Kodama'. Alternatively, the mericlone offspring of 'Kodama' do not have to be identical and some could be more intensely coerulea.
Dupreana has been well regarded as a parent, being used in over 100 registered hybrids. I have a plant of Annie, a backcross of Dupreana (coerulea) to warneri (coerulea) that I will be happy to see bloom.
The 6500K color index lighting would be noon sunlight, so more toward the blue spectrum than morning or afternoon light. Lighting conditions probably explain the color variation of the online photos of 'Kodama'. Alternatively, the mericlone offspring of 'Kodama' do not have to be identical and some could be more intensely coerulea.
papheteer
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https://ledt8bulb.com/ge-19488-led26et5-g-4-865-type-a-led-t5-6500k-26w-uses-ballast-case-20.html
i use these ones. I replaced the old t5hos with them. 4 bulbs on top of 24 x48" shelf. 12 inches away from top of plants. taller plants are closer.
So the primary results above are a reason I have acquired several coerulea crosses from SVO using Indigo Valentine, Indigo Dawn and Indigo Love, which all have varying percentages of warneri and warscewiczii in them. In orchid shows, the cattleya classes are species and hybrid so with hybrids getting the fullest best formed , best colored flower is a winning formula. I have been growing a Cattleya Valentine (loddigesii x warneri) plant for over 20 years now and have sold at least a dozen plant divisions from it, so it earns it's keep.
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papheteer
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Beautiful! I must say I am loving the open, more natural form these species and primary hybrids have! Especially in cerulean shades.
papheteer
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I do not like bringing my plants out of the plants room. Paranoid about pests and stuff lol. But I will take one tomorrow for you guys
Paphman910
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Thanks for the info!
Here, I white-balanced the photos. Do they look accurate?
papheteer
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This is as close to true color as I can get
First 2 pics a little too lavender but last one looks more true color in my experience with this mericlone.
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Wow that is an amazing coerulea form of Dupreana, congrats.
For comparison I have this tipo form which flowered recently, I think it was an import from Brazil.
For comparison I have this tipo form which flowered recently, I think it was an import from Brazil.
Wow that’s quite a lip!
