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Jan 7, 2018 5:36 PM CST
Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
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I thought that I would post another image from a plant that came to my team at the Sarasota Show. You probably recognize Chrystelle Smith?


It is a little charmer of a plant. It had two flowers, the second of which was 20% smaller then this one and not fully open. We were all kicking the plant around so to speak discussing its merits. I think the photograph might show why we were in a quandary. The pink color was even and nicely saturated on the sepals but very uneven on the petals. It just wasn't a bright pink either. The lip was nice and the form was pretty good but the more you looked at it, the more you saw the uneven color.
If memory serves it is Beaufort X Tangarine Jewel. Not sure on that at the moment. It was almost 3" wide.
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.

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