Say "hello" to something really incredible!
The University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is currently hosting a display of orchids for our friends at Orchids Limited in Plymouth.
This is a rare and quite amazing orchid. It's a Phragmipedium peruvianum that was discovered (for the first time ever) in 2001 in the jungles of Peru.
It is called the most important orchid find in the last 100 years.
It is on display only through Saturday Feb 19. The rest of Jerry Fischer's orchids are on display there until March 13.This orchid is over 7" (seven amazing inches) across and as you can see it is an intense magenta color.
Orchids Limited acquired its legally collected seedling in 2005 and has one of only 10 plants in all of the United States to bloom. This is truly a special exhibit for orchid enthusiasts and for gesneriad lovers who sometimes also enjoy admiring other species of plants too!
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