Ansellia africana propagation success?

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Keysguy, I'm interested in getting something that's nearly saturated with the dark (black or brown, doesn't really matter) splotches. The more refined looking one (the one with the more rounded segments) came from Cal Orchid. According to the label it's a cross of Primero and (I think--hard to tell as the ink has worn off over the years) Mont Millais.

Jim Rose (of Cal Orchid) wrote an article in the Orchids bulletin many years ago--something like either the late 90's or early 2000's--about Ansellia africana. It's actually what got me interested in trying to grow this species. In his article, there were pictures of a number of clones from South Africa. I no longer have the magazine this article was featured in, but I do remember--and you can find similar photos online--that some of the plants from South Africa produced stunning flowers, much darker than anything I've seen over here. So it's something along those lines that I would like to see if it's possible to achieve.

In addition to these two ansellias, I have a third that's in flower, but the blooms are much lighter in color.