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Flower colors
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The sepals and petals are white and shaded with a faintest pink tone. The lip has the same color with a light lilac-pink colored frontal lobe (a delicate pinkish blotch). The throat is yellow.
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Number of flower for spike |
From two to four flowers.
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Flower size
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From 16 to 20cm across but it can reach 22cm.
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Preferred conditions
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It needs intermediate to cool conditions and indirect light. Water well during the growth period but it should have a restrict dry period until the floral buds emerge from the sheath.
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Season of bloom
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From May to August (Later fall and winter in South hemisphere).
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Origin
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Colombia (South America).
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Comments
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It is also known ´"Flor de Mayo" (May Flower), in Colombia.
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