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Old 09-23-2016, 11:33 PM
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I purchased this Renanthera monachica in bloom in February, 2016 at the Pacific Orchid Expo. It spent the summer outside and has bloomed again.

Compared to many of the pictures I see online of this species, the blooms seem oddly shaped, with the top of the bloom shrunken and the bottom petals enlarged. Is this just the nature of my plant? or is there a likely cause for this shape?
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Looks perfectly normal to me. Larger upper segments are the relative rarity.
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Very nice!
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big pants! looks normal to me....and beautiful! I am a big ren. fan, tho I go for the firecracker reds....
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I love these! They remind me of cowboys in chaps. Adorable!
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OK, thanks everyone. I must have just seen some atypical photos.
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OK, thanks everyone. I must have just seen some atypical photos.
You were looking on their dating profiles.
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You were looking on their dating profiles.

Oh, those cowboys!
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