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The sepals are very flat, the petals less so but it all adds up to a very pleasing flower. There is just one bloom as as when I took it outside to photograph I dropped it!

Love this species!

Lovley. It’s such a distinctive colour!

Beautiful!

Congratulations! Lovely broad petals.

Nice!

Guru, it is. They’ve both only just opened.

A mericlone of a super plant originating from the now defunct Petrens nursery. Not much wrong with this clone. There is just a tiny smidge of colour on the middle of the lip that I’ve not seen before so maybe this should be called albescens. Considering that this plant has been repotted...

Love it!

Wow!

Lovely. So dark!

Indeed!

I’ve not Leslie, I’ll have to search.

Thanks Leslie! I was just copying the label.

Indeed Terry! It’s an interesting conundrum. All the labiata and lueddemanniana clones have grown and flowered well. I’m getting double growths on several plants that previously only produced one per year. Just one of three mossiae clones bloomed this spring although they all had sheaths...

This is a tall stately clone. Pot plus flowers reaches a total of 36 inches (92cm). The new lead is 25 inches (64cm) high. It arrived as a select division from Hilmar and has gradually improved over the years. All my purpuratas are late this year, this one is the first to bloom and it’s a full...

Looks to be a strong healthy plant!

That’s impressive. So many blooms out at once.

That’s a keeper!

Congratulations Leslie. A well deserved award! I’m sure that at peak flowering it would have been a comfortable AM.