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Sobralia macrantha variety alba or perhaps variety kienastiana. Sobralias look like tall canes of grass. The leaves are vaguely reminiscent of palm leaves, with that plicate accordian-like folding! The flowers, however, are all orchid! They look like a Cattleya and smell every bit as sweet. Sobralia flowers, unfortunately, only last about a day or two. They make up for it by blooming sequentially over up to two weeks, keeping you in flowers even while each flower is evanescent/short lived. This one is blooming in my greenhouse right now. I'm not sure I'll still have a flower tomorrow but it was certainly fun while it lasted.
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