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03-22-2008, 08:26 AM
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Angcm sesquipedale
I picked this up at the Tampa show recently. It had just one bud on it...and this is what started opening yesterday!
It's in a 6" pot.
I love it 
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03-22-2008, 08:38 AM
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I can't wait until mine gets that big because that is really beautiful. your bloom is about the size of my plant!
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03-22-2008, 08:43 AM
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Wowsie!  I love giant flowers on compact plants
Congrats on your new baby! 
Is it fragrant?
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03-22-2008, 08:52 AM
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I haven't noticed any fragrance...yet 
I'll have to go out to take a sniff tonight
It's not really a compact plant, rather large in size.
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03-22-2008, 12:31 PM
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Wow! That's a gigantic flower!!  Is that a spur trailing from behind the flower down below the edge of the pot?? 
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03-22-2008, 12:35 PM
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03-22-2008, 12:38 PM
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Holy cow!  That's amazing!!
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03-22-2008, 12:38 PM
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Super neat, Susanne. I was just reading about it this morning. It is called the Darwin orchid, because he predicted there would be a specific moth to pollinate it because of its 14 inch nectary. It is described as heavily fragrant at night.
Kim
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03-22-2008, 12:57 PM
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Awsum. Too large for me or I'd try one. Angaecoids seem to do well for me.
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03-22-2008, 01:04 PM
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I love this plant...and I love the idea that there's a "story" that goes with it.
That being said...I take no credit for this bloom, it was in full bud when I got it.
Hopefully, I can get it to repeat the show next year 
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