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Vanda coerulea, commonly known as blue orchid, [1] blue vanda or autumn lady's tresses, is a species of orchid found in Northeast India with its range extending to China (southern Yunnan). It is known as kwaklei in Manipuri and vandaar in Sanskrit. It has bluish purple flowers which are very long-lasting compared to other orchids.
Aganisia cyanea (formerly Acacallis cyanea) is a showy species of orchid native to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. [1] It is remarkable because some cultivars of this species produce blue flowers, the color blue being quite rare among the orchids.
The color blue is rare among orchids, and only certain species of Thelymitra, a terrestrial species from Australia, produces flowers that are truly "blue" among the orchids. These species, much like Vanda , also have a bluish-purple tint towards the inner petals of the flowers.
Read on for a complete guide to the origins and myth of the popular blue orchid. The Origins of Blue Orchids. Artificial dyes have been used for decades to create different color roses and tulips ...
The blue china orchid was first formally described in 1840 by John Lindley who gave it the name Caladenia gemmata in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. [6] In 2000, Stephen Hopper and Andrew Brown transferred the species to Cyanicula as C. gemmata . [ 7 ]
Cyanicula, commonly known as blue orchids, is a genus of twelve species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. All are endemic to Australia, eleven are endemic to Western Australia and one species occurs in eastern Australia. While both the common and scientific names refer to "blue", the two subspecies of C. ixioides have yellow or white ...
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Cyanicula caerulea, commonly known as the eastern tiny blue china orchid, [2] blue caladenia or blue fairy [3] is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has a single narrow leaf and a single blue flower.