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orchideya
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The flower opened today:
Thank you Shiva and Paphman910.
Mine is from Crystal Star Orchids and was marked cornu-cervi 'red'. It opened solid red and dark as it is now, right from the beginning.
Frm. chattaladae is on my wish list too, but now I am not sure what is the difference between my 'red' and chattaladae (maybe the green tips on the petals should not be there for chattaladae).
I put couple of packing peanuts under the base. What's wrong with it being in sphagnum?
There are lots of dark freckles on the leaves, but they are more like purplish, not red. When getting it, I thought it was a problem like rot or something, but vendor told me it was a pygment (did I spell it correctly?), proving that it is indeed the red form.
I have compared my bloom to the pics of chattaladae and they look very similar, but since my label was marked just 'red' I will stick with it.
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