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Originally Posted by kavanaru
hhmm.... interesting.... your plant looks a bit different to the 'Icabaru' I know... I remember this clon, but coming from Canaima Orchids in Florida and it was more like in this picture: C. violacea - an outstanding plant, I must admit (and I think has won an AM award), however, I like your much much better!
The "striata markings" in the plant I know are way too dominant...
Note: Icabaru (actually, correctly written Ikabaru) is a river and a town in south Venezuela. Famous for gold mines and specially for "Paladian Gold" (Gold associated with Palladium is found in only 4 places in the whole world: Roraima region in southern Venezuela, two localities in Brazil, and one locality in UK). I am not sure whether this particular clon comes from this region or it just received the clonal name by chance. This plant seems to have a much better substance than the plants I remember from that region.
Second Note: as for my understanding, the most espectacular albas and semi-albas of this species come from Brazil! |
Fascinating information. I'll pass it on to the owner including the correct spelling. Coincidently an orchid broker from Japan visited my house this afternoon. He is a seasoned traveler looking for plants to bring back to Japan. He saw the 'Ikabaru' that I am growing and mentioned that he has seen one other plant of 'Ikabaru' in Japan. Evidently, the plant is a difficult and slow grower. He said the plant in Japan also had bulbs that were badly shriveled and foliage was not looking good.
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