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    Default Huntleya wallisii

    One of the beautiful in this genera with blood color and the largest flower more than 5 inches occur in cloud forest from South America. The flower arise from the base of the leaf axil and long lasting.
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    Star shape with natural spread of more than 5 inches.
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    How striking! That bloom is amazing. Very cool.

    cheers,
    BD

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    wow! i love it. if that will grow here i am going to track one down for sure! the color is amazing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coeruleo View Post
    wow! i love it. if that will grow here i am going to track one down for sure! the color is amazing.
    Sure it can bloom on your area relatively away from the Equator with night and day temperature so clear hope your dream will come true.Thanks.

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    Gorgeous!

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    Impressive/ Cool growing with high humidity?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katherine View Post
    Impressive/ Cool growing with high humidity?
    Not really so far I was successfully flowered Huntleya vargasii and burtii this one really enjoy the bright light base on my observation when the bud arise from the leaf axil if you put under less light the bud wont progress humidity in my area roughly between 60 to 70%.

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    WOW, that is a beauty, , thanks for sharing

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    Spectacular! Thanks for posting. Is this warmer growing? I'd like to try growing one in my collection.

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