Fdk. After Dark Black Pearl -- finally!
I know I'm the nth person to show these off, but it took a very long 5 years before any spikes appeared! Year after year more bulbs grew, but no spikes, and in one year, the plant fell over due to the weight of the leaves, and I had to divide the plant and remove most of the original bulbs.
The plant was expensive, so instead of giving up I kept persisting. I was really excited when I saw two spikes emerging early January, and thrilled at the number of blooms. They really are marvelous and beautiful to look at. And there seems to be a very faint peppermint smell?
Anyway, one thing I noticed was that some of the blooms, in the inner part, have an extra frilly "petal". Is that just an interesting mutation?
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