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Cattleya intermedia var. coerulea 'Olympic Blues' × intermedia 'Olympic Jazz'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN6588
Name: Cattleya intermedia var. coerulea 'Olympic Blues' × intermedia 'Olympic Jazz'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Ellen Covey, Olympic Orchids  (Email: olympicorchids@gmail.com)
 
Donor's home page: https://olympicorchids.com
 
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Pollen Parent Flower
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plants: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: Neat, upright, compact plant has well-shaped, clean-looking, nearly white flowers with blue-purple on the lip. Has a subtle rose-like fragrance. Excellent cultivar.

Pollen parent plant: Plant is the offspring of a var. coerulea x var.coerulescens cross. Plant has slim, upright pseudobulbs. Flowers are very light lavender with purple on the lip, darkening in color as they mature. Fragrant, with a rose-like scent. Medium-sized plant.
 

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 82°F, nights 70°F; best fit is Warm-Intermediate 87-64°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 72°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Genus:   Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 83°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F ( )

About the name...
Etymology of Cattleya   Named in honor of William Cattley, English horticulturist in the 19th century. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of coerulea   From Latin "coeruleus" sky-blue. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of intermedia   From Latin "intermedius" in the middle, medium-sized. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Cattleya   KAT-lee-ya (Sources: Pridgeon 1992, Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of coerulea   see-ROO-lee-ah (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of intermedia   in-ter-MEE-dee-ah (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
See if we have plants available in the greenhouse.
Yield Estimate: 709 plants (based on flask surveys done 06/24/2009 through 03/24/2014)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 5 - 70 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 11/17/2009 through 01/05/2016)
From one most recently surveyed flask 15 - 70 mm (01/05/2016)
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