Phaius tankervilliae

[gixrj18]

Well, I didn't realize that these flowers were so short-lived, so they already started withering when I got around to taking pictures. This one is lightly fragrant, with wonderful two-tone flowers on a tall spike. Brown on the front, white on the back.

[cb977]

Nicely done, Jasen!

[s1214215]

Originally Posted by gixrj18

Well, I didn't realize that these flowers were so short-lived, so they already started withering when I got around to taking pictures. This one is lightly fragrant, with wonderful two-tone flowers on a tall spike. Brown on the front, white on the back.
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The problem with this species is that many clones are self pollinating. The ones that are not, last so much better

Brett

[isurus79]

Yours looks great! You should go out and smell it in the middle of the day. Its a great scent!

[OrchidLover1982]

Nice Tanker, people often confuse wallichii and tankervillea but tankervilleae flowers look downward (nodding) like on your plant rather than looking strait out or slightly upwards on the wallichii. Wallichii also has a larger and longer spur on the labellum and the midlobe of the labellum on wallichii is larger longer and more broad and well defined. I had many plants labelled tankervilleae which turned out to be wallichii but yours is definitely tanker.