And the flower. Note colored edge of petal. p But we do have a problem . Dr. Eric Gouda sent this, "Nice plant and it certainly resembles V. olmosana. The description by Smith (Phytologia) is short and incomplete. Rauh depicts an inflorescence that fits the description pretty well, with deep blue-violet petals that are white margined, not the other way around. Your petals are looking wider and spikes relative longer. Further Rauh's plant (=probably the type Rauh P-333) is showing a curved axis, but this is not mentioned in the description. Is your plant from N Peru?' This is being investigated further.
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