Panarica brassavolae

This fragrant species was once Epidendron and also Encyclia but has now been moved to this new genera. It hails from Mexico to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. I grow it intermediate in medium light. The flowers are about 3.75"

Well it is blooming a bit later for me this year. It had bloomed mid July last year. I moved it to a wood slat basket with expanded clay balls as the medium. It seems to like it there.

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I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe.

I love how the lip looks as though it was dipped in purple. Really an nice bloom. The shape is almost completely symmetrical too.

Cheers,
BD

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. ...Hmmm? .

I love the purple on the lip too. Also, great picture taking--I especially like the angle of the second picture.

Nice! Great color!

All these name changes are a huge bummer- I was just starting to feel like I 'got' the old ones!

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MtEquine

Very nice Ron. Great shot also.

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