Sarcochilus
Sarcochilus is an easy-to-grow Vandaceous species that is 'way under-represented here, so here's a modest attempt to remedy that shortcoming...
Sarco. fitzgeraldii is one of the foundation species of most of the spectacular hybrids that are being bred in Australia. The other big one is Sarco. hartmanii. Sarco. fitzgeraldii in particular has lots of variation in the amount, and shade, of color, and it's the source of much of the color in the hybrids. Through multiple generations of selective breeding of hybrids, the amount of red/pink has increased to to the point that flowers are almost solid color. Here's an example - Sarco. Kulnura Warmer is nearly half Sarco. fitzgeraldii and half Sarco. hartmanii (which has tends to have a much smaller ring of color). (It contains a very small amount of Sarco. falcatus, which is pure white) It sure doesn't look like its ancestors!
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