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Do I have too many begonia?

(No it's the shelf space that is wrong)

This is the shelf I keep my rexes/other rhizomatous begonia. The canes are mostly elsewhere.

From back to front, left to right, it's baby grant, aya, brevirimosa, serratipetala, ashura, sinbad, and black magic. Kept in a non-sealed akerbar case with a single barrina light on top. They were all grown as cuttings I made myself, purchased, or gotten from swaps.

Got this Lou Sneary last year (Vanda falcata x Vanda coelestis, fka Rhyncostylis coelestis), this is its first bloom. I think the purple color is incredible so I included some photos in different lighting conditions to show how vivid it is.

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It has a nice scent, a gentle floral. Similar to but not as strong as my vanda falcatas, though certainly an appreciated trait.

Literally just 8 photos of this orchid in different lighting because I'm obsessed and it deserves it. Also has a new spike that hasn't bloomed just yet.