Cattleya Orchid Hybrid SVO11930 (Lc. Floralia Azul 'Sandra' AM/AOS x Lc. Love Knot 'Blue Moon' AM/AOS)

Cattleya Orchid Hybrid SVO11930 (Lc. Floralia Azul 'Sandra' AM/AOS x Lc. Love Knot 'Blue Moon' AM/AOS)Hybrid seedling plant in a 50mm tube. At SVO we are always looking for the ideal cross: a vigorous grower that blooms well with excellent flower shape and colour. Our compact blue breeding toward this goal is coming along very nicely. Floralia's Azul (Lc. Mem. Jack Hayden x C. walkeriana) has proven to be an important breeder of blues. Its fine shape, colour, and free flowering habit are strong points. Love Knot is a small plant and an excellent

Hybrid seedling plant in a 50mm tube. 

At SVO we are always looking for the ideal cross: a vigorous grower that blooms well with excellent flower shape and colour. Our compact blue breeding toward this goal is coming along very nicely. Floralia's Azul (Lc. Mem. Jack Hayden x C. walkeriana) has proven to be an important breeder of blues. Its fine shape, colour, and free-flowering habit are strong points. Love Knot is a small plant and an excellent grower that’s only 5” tall. It blooms twice a year with 2 to 3, very flat flowers that are nearly 4” across.  Based on the progeny we have seen produced by these two parents, we can predict that this mating will produce a coerulea flower with dark blue lips, they will have wide petals that are flat, making for a nice presentation.

Imported Seedling from Sunset Valley Orchids, USA. Picture shows the parent of this cross. The above description was written by Fred Clarke and details the expectation of this hybrid. For information on growing Cattleyas check out our growing page at http://barritaorchids.com/pages/growers-resource-page