Species Catalogue

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Phalaenopsis equestris
(Phal. equestris var illocos X Phal. equestris var cyanochilus 'Martel's Blue')

 


This is an experimental cross with the blue lipped equestris (var cyanochilus). The hope is that we'll get some coerulea flowers out of this cross. But the probability of any of these coming out blue is very low. At the very least these will be some nice lavenders.

2" Pot $10.00
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3" Compot w/ 3 seedlings $20.00
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Phalaenopsis equestris var illocos
This is a very nice var illocos that is a very prolific bloomer and very compact. This phal will bloom itself to death if allowed to bloom too much. Highly recommended if you like equestris or small multifloras.

Currently Unavailable

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Phalaenopsis equestris var cyanochilus
(Phal. equestris var cyanochilus 'Martel's Blue' X Phal. equestris var cyanochilus 'ABC')

 

We are periodically making more of this cross available. This is a sib cross made with two cultivars of equestris var cyanochilus. It was made in hopes of increasing the blue pigmentation. We have not bloomed any of these out yet, so we don't really know if these will bloom the same as their parents or something improved.

Both parents look almost exactly the same. There is some debat as to the origin of all of the var cyanochilus that are in the US and its possible they are all the exact same cultivar. If that's the case, then this would be considered a sib cross and its more likely these will look like thier parents and have will have less variety between the resulting seedlings.

Our hope is that we will end up with some more saturated cyanochilus that can be used for further blue breeding.

Please e-mail to inquire about availability.

Fully established seedlings are selling for $40-50.

 

 

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