Thank you very much, Mic for leading me to this good site: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets. It will prove very useful. .... shell covered seems appropriate in context of *Vanda testacea*.
Regards. Dinesh On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 3:22 PM, OZmic <m.porch...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi Dinesh, > I can't find any other meaning either. Our friend Chuck says: > "made of brick or tiles; shell covered; brick colored". > His site can be useful too, here is the URL: > < http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html >. > Cheers > Mic > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 6:50:32 PM UTC+10, Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Meaning of the epithet *testacea* (also *testaceum*, *testaceus*) is -- >> colour of brick ... referred Dave's >> Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=testa> >> . >> Could there be another meaning ? >> >> This query in context of *Vanda testacea* -- not able to know of red >> colour associated to the species. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >>
