I understand that, Gene, which I why I was curious about the all-white
blossoms. Just about every nodosa I've ever seen has had a definite
yellowish or greenish cast to the petals and sepals, especially on the
outside.

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"Gene Schurg" wrote in message
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Ray,

I believe Al had a bunch of these in his GH. I understood it to be just a
larger version of nodosa and probably not a separate species but then
sometimes I understand a lot of things that I'm wrong about.

Gene

"Ray B" wrote in message
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I received a division of a jungle-collected plant from way-back-when. It
has bloomed with the "cluster starburst" typical of the species/variety.

However, unlike any I have ever seen, the petals are straight out to the
sides, rather than thrust slightly forward, and are pure white, rather
than greenish.

Is anyone familiar enough with the species to give me a guess as to its
rarity?
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