Bc Yellow Bird

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This opened about a week ago. I should have taken photos then because the color changed. Initially, it was even more pale, with faint rusty red streaking throughout sepals and petals. Those gradually faded, and the color deepened slightly to the current color. The fragrance didn't show up at night until the color change was almost finished. The photo is not accurate, either; the flowers are much paler yellow than they appear here.

The nocturnal fragrance is sweet and does not carry far. I have to be close to the flower to smell it.

Depending on whether you like the color or not, it could be described as parchment yellow, or the color of dog urine on your school paper due this morning. Otherwise known as an "art shade."

This is SVO 22310. It came to me in very low sheath in December 2015. It has a dry bloom stalk from a previous attempt, but it looks as though those buds didn't open. There is another spike many weeks away from blooming. I see Fred still has it on offer on the Web site. I'm going to keep it despite the underwhelming color.