C. maxima

[SouthPark]

Just beginning to open up! The kiddie purple/magenta crayon pattern on the lip is interesting hehe. The early morning sun really helped get some nice colours to come out today.

 

[Ozpaph]

and a few fine 'striata' markings??
what are the parents/origin?

 

[SouthPark]

Oz.P. ----- I recall that the tag has some information written on it ----- I will take a look at the tag to see if it has parents and/or origin information! Will provide an update very soon.

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Update: Oz.P. ----- the tag just says tipo - highland - Nth Peru -- Sth Columbia
The tag didn't show any parent information there.

 

[dodidoki]

One of the loveliest sp.❤

 

[Ozpaph]

thanks.
Please re-post when its fully open.

 

[SouthPark]

The flower is fully open now ----- the lip has now properly unfurled. There's another spike and buds on a different bulb (buds seen toward the left-hand-side in the pic below) ---- and that other spike is growing pretty much vertically. This bulb in the pic here with the flowers --- grew on an angle, and the spike itself in inclined quite a fair bit (as can be seen hehe) ----- so the petals etc have gravity acting on them. My theme for this one was pretty in pink, or fairy bells!

 

[Ozpaph]

lovely colour

 

[monocotman]

Good clone!
David

 

[SouthPark]

Need to call the painters back after they messed up with the painting. They accidentally placed the petal on the lip before the lip paint had dried. They have to come back to re-do the whole petal.

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[PeteM]

That’s it. Maxima is on the list.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Look at the diamond texture in the sun!