Yeah, but it's not "jet black" and 8" across!

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"TRAINMAN9" wrote in message
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2) There are no jet black orchids, species or hybrids. Very dark
purple,

That's right but Coelogyne pandurata has been referred to as the black
orchid
because of the very dark purple features of the flower.

Yeah, but it's not "jet black" and 8" across!

Now I am a complete novice, and was rather sceptical myself, the slide
had not been tweaked for colour and the hand in the frame was about
the right scale. These were not native to Madeira though, just an
oddity our member spotted in passing. Being a prize veg grower he
wasn't particularly interested in orchidacea (slob) and didn't note
the tag.
jc


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Yeah, but it's not "jet black" and 8" across!

Now I am a complete novice, and was rather sceptical myself, the slide
had not been tweaked for colour and the hand in the frame was about
the right scale. These were not native to Madeira though, just an
oddity our member spotted in passing. Being a prize veg grower he
wasn't particularly interested in orchidacea (slob) and didn't note
the tag.
jc


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