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12-02-2021, 12:52 PM
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C. purpurata
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12-02-2021, 12:59 PM
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A wonderful species, with a huge number of color forms. I have found that the different forms tend to bloom at slightly different times, so with a bunch of these, the show can go on for close to 2 months as the later ones kick in as the early ones fade. (For me, the semi-albas bloom on the early side, the intensely colored forms like striata, flamea, sanguinea are a little later, going into summer) One can't have too many purpuratas. (Except for the problem of running out of space, these tend to get big...)
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12-02-2021, 01:09 PM
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Also - if we look closely - at the first couple of flower pics ------ the top sepal (aka dorsal sepal) is curled. And that is how this flower opened naturally. And that is quite nice. Curly is nice.
But ----- it's easy to demonstrate that we can have a choice. In my case, all I needed to do was to use the 'flipped cat ear' idea ----- or the 'convex/concave' flip idea ------- where you can simply use your fingers to flip the sepal from convex back to concave ----- assuming that the initial 'convex' case is the case before doing the my 'manual' flipping. And once it is 'flipped' ----- the sepal can remain permanently and rigidly in that position.
The photograph taken with the flash was upon sun-down - and I didn't want to spend time with adjusting camera settings to cut down on over-exposure. I just wanted to take the pic to show what one can do with the dorsal sepal - if we want to. And I can always flip it back to the curly position again if I want to.
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One can't have too many purpuratas. (Except for the problem of running out of space, these tend to get big...)
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Totally agree Roberta. It is a collection of jewels! Beautiful jewels. This one here had that first sheath sitting there for months. Might have even been 5 or 6 months before anything happened. And the second sheath started getting bud activity inside pretty much straight away. The buds are still in the sheath at the moment. I think they're just about to emerge.
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12-02-2021, 01:21 PM
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1- this flower is exceptional
2- the 'flipped cat ear' technique is perfectly named and hilarious
i love giving cats and dogs the "ear helmet" when you fold them both back LOL
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12-02-2021, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts
1- this flower is exceptional
2- the 'flipped cat ear' technique is perfectly named and hilarious i love giving cats and dogs the "ear helmet" when you fold them both back LOL
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hahahaha DC! Oh geez. I seriously thought about what I typed just a moment ago - about car ear. I genuinely should have written dog/cat ear flip trick. That's when the dog or cat wakes up - after sleeping on their ear, and their ear is flipped haha.
Love what you mentioned about 'ear helmet'. That is the first time I had ever heard of it - and can imagine what it looks like. That is hilarious DC!!! hahaha ! Loved that description. I can picture it hehehe
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12-02-2021, 06:13 PM
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Some 'nature art' that I spotted this morning - thanks to one of the flowers pointing sort of skywards - so that I could see it.
Reminds me of Aerides.
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12-02-2021, 06:51 PM
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Wow. So GOEGEOUS! i could almost dedicate all my orchid space to these.
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12-02-2021, 09:00 PM
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Wow. So GOEGEOUS! i could almost dedicate all my orchid space to these.
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There are so many gorgeous color forms of L. (C.) purpurata. Of course, you need other things so that you have flowers all year. But purpuratas in the spring/summer and C. intermedia in the spring and and C. labiata in the fall and L. anceps (which also come in a lot of different color forms) in the winter are a good start.
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12-02-2021, 10:10 PM
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Beautiful blooms!
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12-03-2021, 03:14 PM
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Didn't even know you had this one SP.
It's very nice.
So the season must just be starting for you over in Oz
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