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01-29-2020, 07:37 PM
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Fred Clarke is a huge gift to the Orchid community -OR- I finally got my black orchid
More to come with pics but the long story short is I have been pestering him about getting a ‘black pearl’ or where to find one and he says, I have this other cross I did a division of you can have that, it’s just as black.
Well it arrived and he failed to mention the two beast spikes of the sweetest nastiest meanest black flowers I have ever seen. I can’t believe it’s mine!!!!
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01-29-2020, 07:40 PM
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Oh, it’s Mo. Painted Desert ‘SVO’ HCC/AOS X Ctsm. Alexa ‘Good One’
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01-29-2020, 08:21 PM
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I can’t believe it’s mine!!!!
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I can't believe it too DC! As that one should be belonging to me  |
01-29-2020, 08:35 PM
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Hahaha sorry SP... I promise you first division. We can trade for that tenebrosa you just got!
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01-30-2020, 02:04 AM
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Those are fantastic looking flowers! I always told myself that I would get one of these black types, providing that I can get my two existing Catasetinae to bloom. Turns out I'm an abject failure at Catts; they grow well, seem happy enough, but refuse to spike...
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01-30-2020, 10:00 AM
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better images:
 Fred clarke by J Solo, on Flickr
 Fred clarke by J Solo, on Flickr
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those are quit terrible in full size...sorry cell phone in motion sensor light at sunset is less than ideal photography conditions...who could have guessed???
better pics this weekend
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01-30-2020, 11:57 AM
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Fred clarke by J Solo, on Flickr
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those are quit terrible in full size...sorry cell phone in motion sensor light at sunset is less than ideal photography conditions...who could have guessed???
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How's the fragrance on that one? I found the fragrance on 'Black Pearl' to be........ interesting.
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01-30-2020, 12:02 PM
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Jealous!!!
I was hoping my Black Pearl would have its first bloom this year, but it didn't happen. Sent a pic to Fred CLarke he said most likely next season. I bought a mericlone seedling from Odom's Orchids in the fall of 2018.
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01-30-2020, 12:41 PM
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The smell is heavenly. I can’t really describe it beyond sweet and floral
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01-30-2020, 04:34 PM
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What a spectacularly gorgeous plant!
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