Agreed. The mossiae flowers love to recurve backwards in most plants. The rare ones that have erect dorsal are stunning, esp if the petals are wider and holds upright.
Thanks for the encouragement and amazing pictures! Don't worry, I'm not throwing in the towel, the species actually seems to bloom well under my culture so that is a positive. My plan is to regroup.. and try to secure one with better form. From what others are reporting.. seems to be a rare find among seedlings. I'll probably try to invest in a mature plant. TBD, plenty of time and shopping is the fun part.
Thanks for this recommendation, Art is helping me track down a full formed flower from a batch of seedlings in bud. Seems like I timed this correctly.
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Tom, are the sheath green on both your mossiaes? Have they bloomed from dry sheaths too?
Wow. Exactly what I’m looking for, stunning flower, thanks for sharing. I agree, worth the effort of digging. I have two leads now, ended up getting in touch with Maria Mantellini this week and she has my name it the pot for a choice division of a semi alba. I’ll keep an eye out for this one as well.. I’ll try gold country and I’ve already checked out that dangerous H&R spring listing.. those 4N dowianas are probably sold out. At least that’s what I’m telling myself so I don’t open the flood gate.
That’s gorgeous!!
