Ansellia africana
I believe that there is some debate, whether this is a swarm of closely related species, or a single species with considerable variation. Anyway, a couple of years ago Cal-Orchids had the Afri nursery from South Africa as a guest vendor at their summer sale. I bought 6 seedlings, and have now bloomed the first two.
The first flower is 2.5" natural spread, so it is large:
The second flower is 1.7/8" natural spread, but it is very full. As an experiment, we have used it to pollinate a good pendulous Cymbidium.
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Kim (Fair Orchids)
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