Laelia speciosa Peloric form "hansel"

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this is a wild plant discovered some 14 months ago, it carries my son name, in honor to the joy and happines he has bring to my wife and myself.

this one is the darkest ones i ha seem, . flower is still opening. so it is a matter of time before this one turns even more darker (it opened today) and the lip opens fully.

it has a really dark magenta color on it, hard to capture it with my camera, and my white plastic background of my greenhouse walls, the flower measured some 16 cm across.

here are the pics.