Cattleya trianae coerulea flamea ‘Blue Flames’

[DrLeslieEe]

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 flower, it is still a youngling and needs to grow another year or two to see its full potential.

Reminds me of the famous Eureka cultivars. Maybe I should call him ‘Blue Panda’ lol.



That’s Anderson’s hand lol.

He was my advisor, guide and translator in my trip to the Amazon. He’s also a dentist and orchid judge in Brazil. Very talented orchid grower and collector of Encyclias.

 

[monocotman]

Oh wow that’s special even for you Leslie! Wonderful deep colour!

 

[big923cattleya]

Now there is something that you don’t see everyday!!!!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Oh wow that’s special even for you Leslie! Wonderful deep colour!

Yes, to make me speechless, it’s got to be a wow like this lol.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Now there is something that you don’t see everyday!!!!

Imagine it comes into judging with 3 flowers in a row. I’d be googly eyed.

 

[Royal Rea]

Very Nice, but where is the coerulea, it just looks like magenta in the photos.

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[DrLeslieEe]

Very Nice, but where is the coerulea, it just looks like magenta in the photos.

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You’re not the the first one to question this. Indeed it is a valid question in the cattleya world.

A dark ‘blue’ in cattleya has so much anthocyanin that the grey cast over it looks less, so it appears more ‘magenta’.

If you look at the last pic where a true magenta flower behind it on the right, you will perhaps be able to differentiate the subtlety in the red tones.

It’s the question of a red that’s bluer? Like blue blood steak versus bright red steak.

Also a camera has a hard time to capture this.

 

[Royal Rea]

It is a hard one, great flower, I just flowered 2 x coeruea's, Cattleya labiata and jenmanii, and they were both blue. But a magenta colour is a hard one to cross your eyes and see, (imagine) blue. Excuse the piggybacked flowers, I saw them outside hanging in the garden and took a phots belatedly when they were passed their prime, first flowering. I crossed both with each other, and they both took. The could do with a repot in 3.5 months when it is spring.

Labiata
jenmanii

 

[GuRu]

Leslie, I won't argue about the state of the plant ...coerulea or no .... I just want to praise the beauty of the flower, she's just wonderful.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

It is a hard one, great flower, I just flowered 2 x coeruea's, Cattleya labiata and jenmanii, and they were both blue. But a magenta colour is a hard one to cross your eyes and see, (imagine) blue. Excuse the piggybacked flowers, I saw them outside hanging in the garden and took a phots belatedly when they were passed their prime, first flowering. I crossed both with each other, and they both took. The could do with a repot in 3.5 months when it is spring.

View attachment 40756 Labiata
View attachment 40757jenmanii

Congrats on blooming them. Always a pleasure to see other catt lovers here.

I’ve bloom many blues in those categories and have a few awarded by AOS. Check out my other posts.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Leslie, I won't argue about the state of the plant ...coerulea or no .... I just want to praise the beauty of the flower, she's just wonderful.

Thanks Rudolf.

 

[dodidoki]

Incredibly nice clone!!! I have a coerule form of trianaei witth similar lip color.

 

[southernbelle]

Oh wow that’s special even for you Leslie! Wonderful deep colour!

Excellent way to put it!! Outstanding even for Leslie!!! Gorgeous.

 

[David B]

So I'm not even going to speculate or imagine the plants value, but the form is very well balanced and full, with the lip fully open and displaying it's self as well as any. I thought of your scoring, where would you take off points. Q. where will the pollen go, there will be many requests. I just looked at some of my trianae coerulea pics, and will post below one of mine from Orquideas del Valle that is absolutely coerulea but the pic suggests otherwise. This getting the actual coerulea color to come through in pics is problematic.

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[DrLeslieEe]

I asked Anderson to take a pic side by side with a tipo pink. It’s clearly obvious now to me.



How about you? Does the blue shades pop up more?

 

[Guldal]

Sorry, Leslie, I just discovered, that I haven't done the 'Ih, Ah and Oh's, that this flower elicits

I apologize for this rather inarticulate response, but everbody ahead has contributed with the relevant and appropriate praise!

 

[dodidoki]

How about you?

Whatever it is, exeptional trianaei!!!

 

[monocotman]

That shows the coerulea so much better!

 

[Ozpaph]

lovely flower (I cant see the blue...)

 

[Guldal]

Whatever it is, exeptional trianaei [sic!]!!!

No, it isn't, Istvan! It's a very exceptional 'trianae'!