Mormodes buccinator
 

I have this buccinator now blooming for the first time in my house and I am really happy by the pinky ivory color of the lip. The dark stripes of the petals make a really good contrast with the delicate color of the lip. The scent as ussual for buccinators, strong menthol fragance.

Beautiful flowers, excellent color!! I also love the stone backround!

Really lovely, Bruno. They look like little porcelain sculptures.

Kim

That's really cool, I agree it looks great with the stone background.

Thanks SP2340, Kim and Rosie for your comments.

Bruno, that one is absolutely charming! Really, really nice! If I understand it correctly it is not a common colour for the species, is it?
Congratulations to such beauty and thanks for sharing! :)

As always, this one looks great!

a very nice Mormodes, Bruno... just gorgeous!

Thanks Gena, Steve and Ramon.

Gena:
To tell you the truth I do not know if this color is common or not. I have seen it in others collections too and even more pinky than the one I am showing. I know that depending of the region in which they come from colors varies very much. As I mentioned before mormodes are poorly studied and nobody has mapped carefully the distribution of the different species through out the country. Challenge work for biologists jejeje.