A Myrmecophila albopurpurea for your enjoyment
 

I bought this in January 2011 from Jewell Orchids.

In May 2011, it looked like this--It had only one spike and not may flowers on the spike:


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TODAY, it looks like this--It produced two spikes, and, instead of only 2 flowers per spike, it produced 7. Unfortunately, someone broke the second spike. The blooms are bigger and open more fully:


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Beautiful flowers. I like the ruffles on the lip and sepals...the colors are striking.

Beautiful!
Joann

Very nice! How big are the p-bulbs? I have a seedling labeled thompsoniana, but I guess they usually end up being albopurpurea. I'm curious as to when it will finally bloom.

Those are some very nice flowers. The white and deep red/purple go great together and are really nice. Tell that someone to stay away from your orchids ;) I'll have to look into finding one of these. I've read about them but no one has thrown one away yet. Dang!!!

Beautiful!! :drool: Nice colors, and I like the frills.

Wonderful colors.

Kim

Really lovely!

Beautiful!

great growing!!!