Calanthe vestita var. semi-alba

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This is really an eye catcher! Impossible not to look at these pure white flowers with only a bit of red in the lip...
This species is terrestrial and deciduous, loosing the leaves just before the flowers open. I grow my Calanthes in plastic pots with sphagnum moss (actually a similar) that I keep permanently wet. Right after the flowers drop I repot them, separating all the pseudo bulbs from each other. If you don't do this, the older ones fatally will rot shortly after.