Blc. Honolulu Sunset ‘Wakida’ AM/AOS
My first “division” from the mother plant winning the American Orchid Society Award of Merit. This plant it is not a mericlone. A mericlone is a plant propagated from a tissue culture taken from a desirable plant. A single mericlone can produce limitless clones. Mericlones often are slightly different because during the tissue culture in a lab, all kinds of hormones are used to cause the the cells to form either roots or growth and, regrettably, some damage can occur to the chromosomes during this treatment so that the resulting plants are not genetically 100% of the mother plant the tissue was taken from. For the most part, they bloom like the mother plant, but there is a risk of a genetic mutation. I had the opportunity to purchase some “divisions” from awarded plant. This division arrived two weeks ago with buds in sheath, so I cannot take credit for causing it to bloom.
Blc. is the abbreviation for Brassolaeliocattleya which is an intergeneric hybrid.
It is gorgeous.
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