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Originally Posted by Hawaiian Sunshine
I learned from the owner that this particular plant came from Japan many years ago. The plant is C. violacea var. semi-alba subv. Icabaru.
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hhmm.... interesting.... your plant looks a bit different to the 'Icabaru' I know... I remember this clon, but coming from Canaima Orchids in Florida and it was more like in this picture:
C. violacea - an outstanding plant, I must admit (and I think has won an AM award), however, I like your much much better!
The "striata markings" in the plant I know are way too dominant...
Note: Icabaru (actually, correctly written Ikabaru) is a river and a town in south Venezuela. Famous for gold mines and specially for "Paladian Gold" (Gold associated with Palladium is found in only 4 places in the whole world: Roraima region in southern Venezuela, two localities in Brazil, and one locality in UK). I am not sure whether this particular clon comes from this region or it just received the clonal name by chance. This plant seems to have a much better substance than the plants I remember from that region.
Second Note: as for my understanding, the most espectacular albas and semi-albas of this species come from Brazil!
Hawaiian Sunshine 
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