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Native to East Malaysia from Fire Mountain attached to lime stone the strange part is the petals very long and twisted.
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I really like the long petals, those are incredible. Very nice!
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I love the long petals. I was once told that they are for ants to crawl up to pollinate the flower.

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what a superb work of mother nature!!! truly beautiful!
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truly beautiful... and I did not know about the ants
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look at thos long petals,,,,,,,,,,wowwwwww.....
this is the first paph i ever wanted and i still dont have it
nothing is more beutifull than this
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One of my favorites. Gorgeous
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This is just spectacular -truly original
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very nice! I also heard that they were ant ladders. The petals will stop growing once they his a surface. You can get them longer by having the flower dangle over the edge of the bench.
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such an amazingly interesting paph!
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