Can You Make Your Mystic Blue Orchid Bloom Blue Again

Mary loves all flowers, but the orchid is her very favorite. She encourages people to grow this beautiful and rewarding flower.

Mary Hyatt

My children know how fond I am of orchids. I believe they are the near beautiful of all the flowers (sad, rose, you know I love you, besides).

Orchids come in all colors and types. Almost orchids are tropical or subtropical. I live in South Florida and they thrive here with just a niggling care. I hang mine underneath a palm tree, as they cannot tolerate direct sun (their leaves will burn). If and when our temperature drops down to 45 degrees, I bring them within to protect them.

Blueish Mystique Orchid

Mary Hyatt

I thought I had seen every type of orchid in existence, so I was very surprised when my daughter walked into my house with this gorgeous blue orchid. It was breathtaking! How could an orchid exist blue?

There was a label that simply stated that the flower had been grown by a visitor in Homestead, Florida, called Silverish Vase. The label said: "With a little bit of magic nosotros turn a white orchid blue! New blooms volition be gorgeous white!" I went to their website, where I was informed that they employ an infusion process that is patented and kept very surreptitious. They do not divulge any other information.

Cost

My daughter would not tell me what she paid for this orchid. I would imagine they cost twice what a regular orchid would cost. She found this i at our local Wal-Mart Garden Shop. The adjacent time I go, I will take a wait and see for myself what this beauty costs. I just might have to purchase another one!

I just hope the plant volition remain bluish until it finishes blooming, at which time when it does rebloom, I should have a white orchid which I will savour just as much equally the blue 1.

• Orchids practise non grow in regular soil, but rather in a loose mixture of charcoal and bawl. I buy the potting mixture premixed from a garden center. Some people mount their orchids on a tree where the roots will go attached. I have tried this method just was not successful. I grow mine in a clay pot that is designed only for orchids.
• The roots are strange-looking: They hang out all over the exterior of the pot in search of wet, air, and light.
• The plant should never be allowed to dry out out completely, merely if the plant is overwatered, it volition rot and die. The special pot allows for excess water to drain out. I just use the garden hose near once a week to thoroughly water mine. They should exist fed every other watering with a special fertilizer made just for orchids.
• Nigh every three years, I repot mine because they get overcrowded. The pot should be smaller than the plant itself. If yous repot into a pot that is too large, the roots will never find their mode to the light, and they will rot trying.
• When my orchids are in bloom, I bring them inside the business firm and so I can savour looking at them. When they finish blooming, and all the flowers take dropped off, the stalk should be cut about two inches above the leaves. The orchid will reward you by blooming again—when depends on the type. Some of mine flower twice a year, and some bloom in one case. What a thrill when you lot run into a new bud appear. Y'all know a new blossom is coming.

My Cattleya Orchid

Mary Hyatt

The blazon you run into growing hither is the Cattleya Orchid. Some people call this the "corsage" orchid. I have one of these that my daughter gave me for Mother'due south Mean solar day in 2003. It blooms every Mother's Day, just like clockwork.

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Gramma bev on May 03, 2018:

Hullo, your article said to cut stem ii inches a bone leaves is that the meridian of leaves when they are done blossoming? Give thanks you.

roy n on October 16, 2017:

its physic wait like Phalaenopsis to me or anggrek bulan. i live in republic of indonesia and an orchids collector. if this mystical one is a kind to anggrek bulan, it only ii - 3 times blossom each yr.

Carolyn Taylor on June 12, 2017:

Curlicue to Continue

My instructions on my orchid said to water one time a calendar week in water ane/2 way up for 5 min and then let bleed. I've done that every week, but at present all the blooms are falling off (I've heard this is normal), simply do I keep watering all twelvemonth and simply exit until it blooms again?: Oh, the institute is likewise losing all the light-green leaves also. Is this normal too? Thanks

Darlene on May 25, 2017:

My son bought me the blue Mystique Orchid for Mothers Day. The sticker on the pot said $35

I am glad to know how rare information technology is in color and how to water and intendance for it. Thank you.

An on March 02, 2017:

I bought an almost identical mystique blue orchid from Walmart for 25 dollars, but a week afterward valentineschool mean solar day so price may vary

Michele on Baronial 23, 2016:

How often will it bloom? The Blooms savage off ii months ago and no sign of more.

Bethany on February 06, 2016:

I too am from South Florida, the Keys to be exact, only have relocated to south Texas. The climate is very similar here with an exception to the humidity. I'thou now up to my seventh orchid, the bluish mystique. Cheers for your information on it!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on September 04, 2015:

Yes, Patsym....the Bluish Orchid volition definitely blossom white when it reblooms, but the blossom is just every bit spectacular! Wow! That is wonderful that you have three plants.

Thanks for reading my article nigh the Bluish Orchid, Mary

Patsym on September 04, 2015:

I accept a blueish Orchid, I bought subsequently it was threw blooming,at a reduced price. I am and then excited afterward reading the reviews,on the special plant. I can't wait to come across this plant, bloom. I judge it will exist white. I actually separated the institute,equally it tells you and have iii plants. Wonder when it will bloom next? Thanks for all your information.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 03, 2015:

Madaline , hello....I know you must have enjoyed your Blue Orchid while it bloomed. When mine bloomed again, it was yet beautiful; just white. Treat it like you would whatever Orchid. Orchids are very hardy. I never added blue coloring to my Orchids, then I tin can't say. You will before long become addicted to Orchids, and that's a good affair!

Madaline on June 03, 2015:

My. Girl bought me the gorgeous Blu orchid in March. It has but dropped the final blossom. I'm in this be page to see what my adjacent footstep is to keep it going. I simply cut the 2 stems 2 inches in a higher place the leaves. This is really a dazzler. I've never had an orchid earlier and love gardening. I was told to add together bluish. Coloring every bit u water and u will have more than blue flowers. Has anyone tried this????.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on February 28, 2015:

Hi, peachpurple Yes, the Blue Orchid is very rare. Y'all tin can meet them for sale at garden centers occasionally. Mine just finished blooming again, only it bloomed white. Still cute, though!

peachy from Home Sweet Home on February 28, 2015:

I take never seen a bluish orchid in my life, must be unique and rare

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on Baronial 22, 2014:

Hi Jodah. Thanks and so much! Yes, this blue orchid is very rare, no one knows what the secret is to get the orchid to be bluish! The visitor that makes and sells them won't say exactly, but I call back they utilize a dye. Too bad the orchids you grow don't bloom! I wonder why??

Thanks for reading, the comment and the votes, Mary

John Hansen from Gondwana Country on August 22, 2014:

What a beautiful hub Mary. Congratulations on it reaching 100 score. True blue flowers are quite rare, and so this is stunning. We can grow orchids hither in sub-tropical Australia but they rarely flower for us anyway. I think they are the most beautiful flower of all though. Well done. Voted up.

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on August 21, 2014:

Hi, ChitrangadaSharan Thank you so much. I'one thousand happy you like my Blue Orchid. The next time you receive an orchid every bit a gift, endeavor and keep it alive, and it will rebloom for you!!

Thank you then much for the votes, the share and the Pivot.

My all-time, Mary

Chitrangada Sharan from New Delhi, India on August 21, 2014:

How beautiful! I love this gorgeous blue orchids. Though I have never grown Orchids just I dearest receiving them equally gifts or gifting them in bouquets.

Thanks for sharing the tips on growing Orchids. Voted upwards and pinned!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on August xx, 2014:

Hi roshall I'thou then happy you love my bluish orchid. It truly is one of a kind!

Cheers for reading and commenting, Mary

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on August 20, 2014:

Hi PegCole Cheers for the nice compliment on my Blue Orchid! Orchids actually are not difficult to abound. People have a mistaken idea about Orchids; they are pretty tough plants. They can't stand the common cold, though!

My best, Mary

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on August 20, 2014:

Hello, Phyllis Doyle. Give thanks you very much! Yep, I simply saw some Blue Orchids in Home Depot a couple of weeks ago. I think the price was 25.00. I take really enjoyed this one, and information technology has rebloomed a beautiful white color.

roshall from Ohio on August 20, 2014:

I just love the orchid. Thanks for great info.

Peg Cole from North Dallas, Texas on August xx, 2014:

Awesome pictures and interesting information on this rare dazzler. I've never had any luck with growing orchids and at present that I've read your instructions, I can come across why. Homestead FL? Wow. I used to live quite near to there.

Phyllis Doyle Burns from Loftier desert of Nevada. on Baronial 20, 2014:

Your bluish orchid is so beautiful, Mary. Did you lot e'er detect some other 1?

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on August 20, 2014:

Why, thank you very much, AudreyHowitt. I have actually enjoyed this almost unusual orchid.

It is indeed a beautiful orchid, Mary

Audrey Howitt from California on August 20, 2014:

Only gorgeous Mary!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 15, 2014:

Hello, Vellur Well, my Blue Orchid but bloomed over again; a lovely white merely like the label promised. It was still cute although not blueish anymore!

My Cattleya orchid bloomed again this past Mother's Solar day, and is still a beauty!

Thank you for reading and commenting, Mary

Nithya Venkat from Dubai on June 14, 2014:

Orchids are actually beautiful and the blue orchid is awesome. Great hub.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on Feb 02, 2014:

Howdy, AudreyHowitt, I'k so glad you liked my Hub on the Blue Orchid. Mine simply finished blooming for the tertiary time, it bloomed a beautiful pure white. Thanks then much, Mary

Audrey Howitt from California on February 01, 2014:

What a great hub and a cute orchid!

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on Jan 23, 2014:

Hello Colleen, I'grand happy you have a Blue Orchid! I love mine. Mine has bloomed three times each time it reblooms a cute pure white. Oh, I'll bet yours is beautiful.

ColleenIrishRose on January 22, 2014:

I bought a bluish orchid at a local grocery store for $25.00. It had 8 beautiful blueish flowers on it. Since and so five more flowers have bloomed on it and the new ones are white with blue streaks and edges. It is a picayune strange merely still beautiful. Has anyone else had this experience?

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on July 02, 2013:

Hullo pstraubid48. If you are dabbling in orchids, delight try 1 of these blue orchids. If you can't find one locally, they can be ordered. Mine did bloom a beautiful white this spring.

Thank you for sending angels my fashion (and for the Pin). Goodnight, Mary

Patricia Scott from North Fundamental Florida on July 02, 2013:

Gorgeous. I am just dabbling in orchids just do not have anything similar this. The color defies description. I should be so lucky to have ane some day.

Angels are on the mode ps Pinned

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 01, 2013:

Hi dgbrh. I'm happy yous too remember the Blue Orchid is beautiful. I am now pending the Orchid to bloom again. I'thou hoping it will, and it should bloom white this time.

Thank you and so much for the votes and the share, Mary

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 01, 2013:

Good Morning, Thelma Alberts. I'g so happy your establish and read my Hub on the Blueish Orchid. This would exist a beauty to add to your collection in your cute garden!

Thank you so much for reading, commenting, the share and the Pin. I appreciate that.

Happy gardening Mary

deergha from ...... a place beyond now and beyond here !!! on May 31, 2013:

Oh my my ....now its soooo very exclusively beautiful and real gorgeous......Give thanks y'all so much for sharing this beautiful hub here. Sharing and votes all upway.

Thelma Alberts from Germany on May 31, 2013:

Awesome! I like this blue one. I hope I can get it here. It´due south a gorgeous bloom not only in the garden but within the house too. You´re correct, you tin´t simply take one orchid. You lot buy and buy until the firm is total of them. I did that once in Germany earlier moving to Republic of ireland.

Thank you for sharing. Voted up, useful, shared and pinned. Have a lovely weekend Mary!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on Apr 24, 2013:

Hi MartieCoetser. But a warning to y'all...Orchids are like white potato chips: you lot can have just one! You will start out with one, and after y'all see how beautiful information technology is, you lot volition add together another and another, etc.

My Blue Orchid is in bud right now . I'g looking forwards to information technology blooming again!

Martie Coetser from South Africa on April 24, 2013:

Orchids are certainly the most exotic plants. The Bluish Orchid is breathtakingly beautiful. One twenty-four hours I am going to abound my ain orchids.

Beautiful and very informative hub about the Blue Orchid :)

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on April 03, 2013:

Good Morning, midget38. Expert to run into you! Thank you so much for sharing my Blue Mystique Orchid Hub. This one has new buds coming out, and I tin can't expect to come across it bloom again.

Michelle Liew from Singapore on April 02, 2013:

Coming in to share this wonderful orchid once more!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on March 22, 2013:

Hullo, vibesites. These blue orchids are rare indeed, just I am beginning to run across more than in garden centers effectually my town. They are truly breathtakingly beautiful. If you meet one for auction, try growing information technology.

Thank you for reading and the votes, Mary

vibesites from Us on March 22, 2013:

Thanks Mary... I dear orchids simply I accept yet to run across a blue orchid myself. At get-go glance at the motion-picture show I thought the bloom would glow in the nighttime. Hehehehhe. Voted upward and interesting, beautiful

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on March xv, 2013:

Hi Brisbanelocksmith. Yes, and if yous add blue food coloring to water and place a white carnation in the h2o, the carnation volition turn blue! I think they add blue dye to the soil. I bank check Mr. Google as yous suggested.

Thanks for reading and for the compliment on my Hub about the Blue Orchid. Mary

John Magee from Brisbane, Qld, Australia on March fifteen, 2013:

It would be interesting to know how they change its colour. Hydrangeas plough blue when Aluminium is added to the soil.

You could get a soil exam done to see what is in the soil of the blueish orchard.

Ok, I just googled "how to plough an orchard blue" Y'all really have to see information technology for yourself. I'm not most to spoil the fun!

Great Hub!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on March 04, 2013:

Good Morning, marcoujor. I'thou so happy to know you love Orchids, as well! They are the most rewarding found I have. When I buy a plant from Home Depot, I detect they are stuffed in a tiny niggling pot that has no drainage. As soon as it finishes blooming, I repot information technology into a larger Orchid pot with fresh media.

Thanks and so much for reading commenting, and the votes. My best, Mary

Maria Jordan from Jeffersonville PA on March 03, 2013:

I honey orchids equally well, Mary, and your photography does this gorgeous blue shade justice. My institute too came from the Home Depot and ran about the same amount of money, well worth it for the beauty and joy information technology brings to a room.

Voted Upwardly and UABI. Hugs, Maria

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on March 02, 2013:

Hi starstream. I walked through the garden store at Home Depot only yesterday and they had some Blue Orchids for sale for 25.00. Mine has finished blooming, and will "rest" for a while. I can't await for information technology to bloom once again; supposed to bloom white according to the characterization.

Your orchild will probably bloom once more, just exist patient with it.

I did read your great Hub on oil painting orchids some six months agone and enjoyed it. My best, Mary

Dreamer at heart from Northern California on March 02, 2013:

I enjoy orchids and so much. Every time I walk by the garden gift section and come across them all blooming I take in the joy of their beauty. My picayune orchid is now in the 2nd year and I don't come across a blossom coming on nevertheless. I did give it at to the lowest degree 7 weeks of darkness to inspire the bloom stage. I also created a hub almost oil painting technique for painting orchids here. Cheers for the beautiful hub!

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on March 02, 2013:

Hi, morgan968. It'due south so nice to come across some other Orchid lover! The Orchid really is easy to care for: mine just treat themselves generally (unless it turns cold, then I bring them inside.

This Bluish Orchid finished blooming for a while, but at present it is showing buds. I am and so excited. The label says information technology volition bloom again white.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment, Mary

morgan968 on March 02, 2013:

This is such an amazing orchid. No wonder its rare, I think everyone would want to get their hand on i. The merely trouble is, I find people don't know how to intendance for them correctly. So I wrote an article advising people all near the care.

http://thebloomingoasis.com/how-to-have-care-of-or...

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on February 26, 2013:

Howdy Kasman. Thanks for reading and I'thou happy you lot and your wife are interested in Orchids. Just a warning: if you lot get merely one, y'all will be hooked! Virtually people starting time out with just one, then some other, then another.....

I but saw some of these Blue Orchids in our local Home Depot last calendar week. I'g sure yous have cold conditions in Tenn. Orchids have to exist brought inside when information technology gets cold.

Cheers for reading and commenting, Mary

Kas from Bartlett, Tennessee on February 25, 2013:

My wife and I were really admiring some cute orchids the other day at the store. Nosotros are considering ownership a few, but I've never seen this blazon. Absolutely haunting and beautiful. I think my wife and I will accept to find 1 somehow because information technology would compliment our identify. Voting upwards!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on February 18, 2013:

Hi, Gail Meyers. I'k then glad you read and commented on my blue orchid, thanks. It is unusual to have actually bluish flowers. I abound Plumbago and that comes in two dissimilar shades of blue. Information technology's a shrub that is quite showy.

Thanks so much for the votes and the share. Mary

Gail Meyers from Johnson County, Kansas on February 17, 2013:

Wow! What an astonishing hub. I kind of chuckled to myself recalling several years agone when I starting time starting gardening. I wanted blue flowers and speedily learned many chosen blue are actually purple. I am however thrilled when I meet a constitute that is actually blue. Voted up, awesome and FB shared.

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on February 12, 2013:

Howdy, Mike Robbers. I'm happy you found my blue orchid stunning. When my daughter gave this to me, I could not believe my eyes. I accept grown orchids for a long time, simply never have I seen one this beautiful.

Thanks so much for the vote and the share, I appreciate that, Mary

Mike Robbers from London on Feb 12, 2013:

Cute post - the orchid'due south blue has stunned me! Voted upwardly and shared.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on February 11, 2013:

Hullo Pavlo Badovskyy. Squeamish to come across you.... My geography is And so bad. I don't know if you tin grow orchids where you alive or not. They exercise like warm climate, although some people grow them indoors when information technology's cold outside.

Yes, the blue orchid is indeed unusual. Thanks and then much for commenting and sharing, Mary

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on February 11, 2013:

Hi midget38. Thanks for reading and for the prissy compliment. I do feel very shut to nature and especially the roses and the orchids. It is but such a thrill when they blossom for me!

Pavlo Badovskyi from Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb 11, 2013:

Every Orchid is beautiful. Of form those with unusual coloring like blue 1 attract much attention. This is unusual and accept I never seen anything similar this before! Shared!

Michelle Liew from Singapore on February 11, 2013:

Yous connect with so many flowers and are an excellent gardener. Cheers for sharing, Mary!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on December 25, 2012:

Happy Christmas Morning, prasetio30. Thanks for coming back to comment again on my Blueish Mystique Orchid. Your Hub about the Monkey Orchids reminded me of this rare and unusual Orchid. I am anxious to see mine when it reblooms. Supposed to bloom white this time.

Best to you, too. Mary

prasetio30 from malang-republic of indonesia on December 25, 2012:

Hi, Marry. This is my second visit. Actually I had commented almost this orchid. As my large attending to unique flower like this one. I desire to say, "good chore and thanks for bringing it to our attention". Merry Christmas.....

All-time Wishes, Prasetio

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on November 06, 2012:

Howdy, Dolores Monet. Yes, these Bluish Orchids are quite unusual. I am anxiously awaiting for the Orchid to bloom again. The label says it will bloom white which I will similar also, I'm sure.

Thanks for reading and commenting. Mary

Dolores Monet from Eastward Coast, The states on November 06, 2012:

I saw these crazy blue orchids in a shop recently. They certainly are unusual. I read the label because the colour looked odd, unnatural and saw that it was infused. Did your blueish orchid blossom again? Was the new flower white?

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on October 21, 2012:

Hi phil: I think you are right about the dye beingness injected; either into the found itself or the soil.

Thanks for reading almost the Bluish Mystique Orchid, Mary

phil on October 20, 2012:

obviously they inject blue dye into the base of the flower stalk

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on September twenty, 2012:

Howdy, Sunshine625. Yes, the Blueish Orchid is a thing of beauty. Mine finally stopped blooming (after several weeks). I'm broken-hearted to see information technology flower again. The characterization says it volition be white!

Thanks for reading and commenting.

Linda Bilyeu from Orlando, FL on September xx, 2012:

What a gorgeous flower! You have such an amazing green thumb, if only you could bottle it up and sell information technology...I'd purchase it! :)

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on September 01, 2012:

Hi, midget38. Good to encounter you today! Thanks for reading about my Bluish Orchid. Information technology really is i of a kind!

Thanks for reading, voting, and the share. I appreciate that, Mary

Michelle Liew from Singapore on August 31, 2012:

Mary, I definitely run across the gardener in you. Y'all have such green fingers!! Cheers for sharing, and I'yard sharing this. Votes across.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on August 08, 2012:

Hi, Duchess. Thanks for reading almost my blue orchid. Yous know, that orchid is still in blossom! That amazes me cause I got information technology for Mother's 24-hour interval this twelvemonth! Orchids are really very touch: they are very forgiving plants. You only take to find the correct identify to put it, i.e. no straight sun, etc.

You should try another one, Mary

Duchess OBlunt on August 08, 2012:

Cute hub. The blue caught my attention! I take had orchids given to me by several people over the years, and take never been able to keep them long. I'll try some of your suggestions considering they are a beautiful bloom. Blue huh? It'southward very pretty

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on July 17, 2012:

How-do-you-do, Denise Handlon, I'm so glad you read my Hub on the Blueish Orchid and liked it! I was completely entranced when I saw the monarch on the orchid. I just stood and watched until I idea he was gear up to exist freed. I gently picked him up and released him outside. My adjacent door neighbor has a monarch nursery going. It's amazing.

The orchid is such a rewarding plant. It volition surprise you past blooming when you to the lowest degree expect it. I would encourage anyone to abound orchids.

I have had the blue orchid since Female parent's Day and it is nonetheless blooming.

Bye for now, Mary

Denise Handlon from Due north Carolina on July sixteen, 2012:

Mary-you are right to be proud of this awesome hub. Wow! What a stunning blossom! Thanks for giving me a heads upwardly about the gorgeous Monarch butterfly perched on the vivid bluish orchid equally it sat drying its wings. Astonishing. I would take been completely entranced until if flew away.

Dandy hub filled with so much useful info and the video. I take never grown or kept orchids, although my daughters have, and now my granddaughter is caring for her offset one. My oldest daughter, (hubber: carnelian) was having problems with her orchid and I'm wondering if it had dried out. I'll send this off and nudge her to take a peek at your video. Maybe she tin save it yet. Ii thumbs upwardly and across except funny.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on July 06, 2012:

Hi Lastheart. How squeamish to see you! My blue orchid is still in flower and it's been blooming since Female parent's Day!

It is truly an amazing orchid. I'll bet you can observe them now at Walmart and Home Depot. They are really pop. Wish I had thought of turning a white orchid to bluish!

Maria Magdalena Ruiz O'Farrill from Borikén the great land of the valiant and noble Lord on July 06, 2012:

Thanks for such an informative share. I wanted to go ane of these amazing blue orchid for my mother in Mother'southward mean solar day and I merely let them pass away, which I regret, only I will attempt to get her one later on reading and beingness inspired again.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on July 05, 2012:

Hi oceansnsunsets. How nice to see you today. I thought you would enjoy reading about my blue orchid, and the Monarch on the institute.

I plan to write a Hub near the Monarch from the egg right on....I know how much you like the butterfly.

I am seeing these blueish orchids at present in Walmart, Home Depot and Lowe's. I wish I had though of this thought first!

I could be making some serious money!

Bye for at present....

Paula from The Midwest, USA on July 05, 2012:

How-do-you-do Mary, how very interesting near the blue orchid! I have never seen one, and I was like you lot virtually your astonishment about there even being one at first.

Its an astonishing color of bluish, and the butterfly coming out of its chrysalis while drying its wings is and so astonishing. Cheers for sharing this hub with us, and the photos. I take never seen annihilation similar it!

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on July 03, 2012:

I meant to blazon a "blue carnation", of course!

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on July 03, 2012:

Hi Floyd, hanks so much for reading and for leaving that comment virtually the blue dye. I had guessed as much. I used to take a white carnation and put it into h2o with blueish food coloring, and I'd have a bluish carnation!

This is a new thing hither and people are just going nuts over information technology! I'k seeing them more and more than in our Home Depots and Lowe's stores.

I just call up the blue orchid is so beautiful.

Floyd on July 03, 2012:

The blue colour is achieved with a nutrient dye injected into the plant. At that place is no great mystery to it. Quite unremarkably seen in British garden centres, I accept one on display in the hydroponics store I run.

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on July 02, 2012:

Hi there, molometer, I'm so happy you like my Blue Orchid. It truly is breathtaking! Yes, I was and then thrilled to run across the Monarch out of information technology's chrysalis. I'm planning on writing a Hub about the Monarch. It is such a beautiful butterfly and is in danger of becoming endangered because they can't notice Milkweek that they have to eat!

Thank you so much for the vote and the share. I do appreciate that.

Micheal from United Kingdom on July 02, 2012:

Hi Mary,

What a beautiful specimen. I take never seen the blue orchid. It is completely stunning.

The photo of the Monarch butterfly on the blue orchid is amazing.

Very impressive. To put a chrysalis onto the flower and sentry it develop must take been brilliant.

Well done. voted upwardly 4/5 buttons and sharing.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 29, 2012:

Hello, shea duane. I'one thousand so happy you discover the Blue Orchid beautiful. It truly is! I would encourage you to try to abound just 1 orchid. You only might surprise yourself.

Thank you for the compliment!

shea duane from new jersey on June 29, 2012:

so beautiful. i've never had any luck with orchids. great hub.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 29, 2012:

Hullo once again, Jackie. Requite in and buy yourself a cute orchid today! Yous deserve it! If yous have whatsoever problems with information technology, I promise you will email me. I'm certainly no expert, just I have grown orchids for years and they are just the almost rewarding plant I know of.

Funny matter....I will forget all about a certain orchid, then go outside to discover a big bud, then in the side by side day or so, at that place volition come up a lovely blossom. Merely selection out a color you lot like.

Hope you will let me know how you lot practise with it.

Mary Hyatt (writer) from Florida on June 29, 2012:

Hi, Mrs. Menagerie, how nice t see you lot today! Thanks for the squeamish compliment on my Bluish Orchid. Yep, the Monarch is and then beautiful and I was happy to meet him enter into the world. After a few hours, I carefully carried him outside to the big earth.

Meet yous over again, soon.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 29, 2012:

Hi moonlake, I know how much you lot love the butterfly, too. The Monarchs are merely then beautiful and I was so thrilled to see this guy on my blue orchid. Why don't yous merely try 1 orchid and see how you lot do with it. Follow my hints on caring for it, and you will be amazed at how well you do! They are then rewarding.

Thanks for the votes and the share....I appreciate that and so much.

Jackie Lynnley from the cute south on June 29, 2012:

No I didn't but I would have if I had seen them before and could take added to my many beauties or seen where y'all said in a higher place how long the bloom lasts. I had to force myself by the local nursery today. I am becoming obsessed, I fear. lol

Mrs. Menagerie from The Zoo on June 29, 2012:

Spectacular photos Mary!!! And I dearest the butterfly:)

moonlake from America on June 29, 2012:

Mary, your blue orchid is beautiful and with the monarch on it that is such a great photo. I can't grow orchids. My friend does and my Mom has some. In fact my sister recently got her a black orchid. I vote up on this beautiful hub and shared.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 29, 2012:

Hi, Jackie Lynnley. Now I am seeing these in the local "big box" stores. I'm dying to ask? Did yous buy a Blue Orchid? Mine is however in bloom. I wish I have thought of doing something like this, to change a white orchid to a blue ane. Next they will change one into red, maybe?

Accept a great weekend!

Jackie Lynnley from the beautiful southward on June 28, 2012:

Well I came upon the blue orchid in Lowe's since I was hither last and information technology is gorgeous. So odd I never had seen one because I head for the flowers e'er. Well I thought of your hub!

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 28, 2012:

Hi, the lyricwriter. I hold with you on the beauty of this orchid. When I first saw information technology, it literally took my breath away! My girl bought this one at the local Home Depot. The people who make this orchid blue accept a web site: SilverVase.com

I went on their website, and they have hundreds of these gear up to exist shipped out. Mine is still in bloom and its' been almost 3 weeks since I got this one.

Richard Ricky Hale from West Virginia on June 28, 2012:

Mary, this is the prettiest flower that I have ever seen. And so so beautiful! I never knew of the bluish orchid. What a beautiful bluish color. Where can y'all get them Mary? I live in Westward Virginia and I would love to have one. Awesome article. Blows my mind:)

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June 26, 2012:

Hullo AliciaC, Dainty to come across you! This truly is a gorgeous orchid. I've had information technology now for virtually 3 weeks, and it is still in full bloom. I had a Monarch butterfly that came out of his crylalis. I had him hanging from the Blue Orchid. When he came out he fluttered to a bloom, and I grabbed the camera. Y'all can meet him on my Hub nearly Tropical Ranch Botanical Gardens.

I would encourage you lot to grow an orchid. Showtime out with just one, and you lot will be hooked! Even though they merely bloom one time or twice a year, when they exercise bloom, they reward you with their beauty!

Linda Crampton from British Columbia, Canada on June 25, 2012:

What a gorgeous blue color these orchids have! They are and so cute. Thank you for sharing their photos, Mary. I've never grown orchids before, but I want to very much. Thanks for the advice well-nigh caring for these plants.

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June twenty, 2012:

Good Morning, Jackie Lynnley, thanks and so much for reading and commenting on my Blueish Orchid. It is an astonishing plant! Thanks for the squeamish compliment on my Hub.

My best, Mary

Mary Hyatt (author) from Florida on June twenty, 2012:

Hello, Ionizer2012, sounds like you had a bad experience growing orchids! That'due south likewise bad, because they really are easy keepers. Why don't you try one more time? You'll be rewarded with their beauty. Promise you accept a dainty 24-hour interval!

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