Deb, I am reminding myself that 'Kathleen' was given a CCE but not a flower quality award. Its strength is in the multiple growths and that they are compact. This makes for a great display, even if an individual flower isn't award quality. Steve Christoffersen is offering a virus free division of 'Kathleen' for $250 minimum bid on eBay right now. He mentions that the flamea can fluctuate a lot between flowerings, including having only the semi-alba. We will have to see what happens with ours.
Terry, sorry, I mistook this as a post from Leslie
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. So, I’m editing it appropriately, but you are right! And the CCE had 18 flowers, several unflowered sheaths and, I think, 2 seed pods in a 10" pot!! So, I have a way to go with 10 flowers and 2 sheaths in a 9.5" If Christoffersen is offering a virus free division at that price it's a good deal. Mine is virus free, and a division of Rogerson's original plant from Jerry Fischer at Orchids Ltd, and I paid almost twice that (I said my most expensive plant--see the horrible influence Leslie has on me with flameas!!). It was the only place in the U.S. I could find it at the time, and it was a nice BD present I asked my hubby for.
BUT, my flamea does not fluctuate at all (at least not so far). I got in in May of 2020. it's been repotted once in 6/22 and divided then. It has bloomed in 1/21 (4 flowers), 3/21 (2), 1/22 (8), 1/23 (10)
Now, having said that, an anomaly occurred in one (only one) flower this current bloom. It has a yellow streak that seems to be emanating from the yellow in the lip in one of the lower sepals on ONE flower. I sent a photo to Jerry and asked him about it, after immediately testing again for virus!!!
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Negative again, thank God! Jerry responded, "No it’s fine. Sometimes they express the yellow from the lip in a petal once in a while, so it may not happen again for years if at all."
Other than that, my blooms have all been exactly the same re the flamea. Here is a photo of the flower with the yellow streak.
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