First bloom on my Propetalum Mathina

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Propetalum Mathina is a cross between Zygopetalum maculatum and Promenaea xanthina. I got it back in June 2009 as a large seedling (for free, everyone who went to the show got one), and it certainly is a vigourous grower! I had to repot it to a bigger pot 3 times (the show organisers handed them out from a plugtray and now it's in a 12cm pot) since then to accomodate the massive root system that came with the huge flush of growth. It probably will need yet another larger pot this spring.

This is another one of my orchids which had to stay behind in France, it just recently bloomed and my sister took care of the pics for me. The lip isn't completely unfurled yet, but it's a slightly paler yellow also with red spotting. I've added a photo I took of an adult blooming plant at the show when I got it so you can see the lip. The spotting on mine is larger and darker, and the petals are turned back a bit so they seem more rounded.