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03-12-2009, 09:05 AM
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Very cool, Steve! 
This is one of my favorite plants...and it just gets better each year! It's a lovely flower and the plant itself is great for foliage...it's pretty all the time 
I should be posting pics of mine soon, it has 6 spikes getting ready to give a show!  |
03-12-2009, 09:10 AM
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Thanks for the pics, I love this orchid!!  I saw one two years ago when I visited an orchid jungle in a greenhouse. I fell in love with it, just too bad it gets so big!
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03-12-2009, 10:38 AM
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I love these almost as much a tenebrosa.
I never put them together before, but you're right on, Steve. Well done.
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03-12-2009, 03:19 PM
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It's beautiful Steve! This and tenebrosa are a couple of my favorites. Unfortunately too big for my space.
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03-12-2009, 03:51 PM
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Thanks all! This is a really cool plant and I think Im gonna try and go orchid hunting (with a little inspiration from our "ghost hunters" in FLA!) and post the pics of all the wild orchids in bloom here right now.
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I should be posting pics of mine soon, it has 6 spikes getting ready to give a show! |
 6 spikes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats crazy!! I cant wait for pics of that!! |
03-12-2009, 04:10 PM
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Funny...I just did a search for the pic I posted last year and found that this one is right on schedule, almost to the day! 
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ervilleae.html
Steve, I'm sorry for throwing my plant into your thread but I want you to see what you have to look forward to in coming years  This will be one of your favorites, for sure  |
03-12-2009, 05:10 PM
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Sue,
Thats awesome!! You can post pics like that in my threads anytime!! lol
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03-12-2009, 11:02 PM
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Mine is almost done blooming and I have to agree with you on it having a very pleasant smell. My Dan Rosenberg is just starting to bloom and it has the same smell. Great Pics!!!!!!
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03-13-2009, 06:14 PM
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Very nice Steve. I have often heard this plant referred to as the Nun's Orchid because the flower is supposed to resemble a Nun's habit. The plant itself is also said to resemble a seedling palm tree and I would have to agree.
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Phaius tankervilliae
Anyway, this is the first bloom I have seen from this plant and while today's pics are great
, you get the point! There is a very nice, mild fragrance from these guys during midday. Im always amazed by the resemblance these flowers have to Cattleya tenebrosa. Convergent evolution is cool! 
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