During this busy holiday season I will be unable to update my Orchid Adventures blog however I could not let this season pass without wishing all my readers, friends and family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and all the best for a wonderful 2019.

Nodding their heads in respect

The pink-red variation

Opens in bright sunshine

Broad labellum

Labellum – Gives the common name away

Striped labellum

Similar sized petals and lateral sepals

Glistening in the sunshine

Stark white petals and lateral sepals

Short to mid-length lateral sepals

Blood red in colour

Lack of pink pigment = Lutea form

Solid red lines rather than dots or thin lines

Short spreading petals and sepals

White, red-tipped labellum

Clubbed petals and sepals

Prominent glandular apex to labellum

Labellum does not match any descriptions in my references

Two rows of bright yellow calli

Broad petals and dorsal sepal

Short, straight labellum, not visible in the set position