The name Den. victoria-reginae was apparently published in 1897, so I'm
guessing there's been time for a few generations of line breeding to work on
the color over the last century. Mine came from Mountain Orchids.
-danny

"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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Lovely Collection. Love the Den. I had one that dark and took it to
a Judging only to be told it could not be the species..... it was too
dark. They claimed it had to be a hybrid. I saw Hoosiers. It was
beautiful.