The big mossiae semi albas

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This year just one of the two plants from the same grex from the Fischers made it to bloom. The other flower spike was a casualty of my clumsiness when moving them about during the move from Wales.
Given that this plant was repotted last year into a mesh pot and spent five months with no sun on a north facing windowsill in a draughty Welsh farmhouse over winter, it’s done very well. Clearly when it’s not growing actively, it can take less than ideal conditions and still flower well.
These plants are by far my largest blooming clones, of anything. The flowers look huge when compared to the very average sized plant.
This first bloom is 18.5cm (7.25”) across. This is day four so it may open a bit more. If it were flat it would be 22.5cm (9”) wide. The dorsal sepal is 3.3cm (1.5”) across.
I cannot remember whether this is the larger of the two clones that I posted last year.
8E658FBE-0122-4DAF-840E-94AC16A6A2DE.jpegE4728C98-2368-4F03-B8C0-B2C46D4EACAD.jpeg3D743FBA-6F6A-4C35-93C5-798B8A14A932.jpegD26750BE-35C0-4397-93B9-33D769759869.jpegthe continual breeding of these colour forms of mossiae across much of the 20th century has resulted in some amazing flowers that rival many current hybrids.
David
 
Spectacular! Look at those dorsals! They must smell wonderful too!
 
Great, David, and well done by the plant, presenting you with such nice flowers after the turbulent life, it has lived, during the last year.
And in remembrance of Angela, I, too have to praise the upright dorsals!
 
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