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A while ago I purchased Coelogyne speciosa x affine
and Coelogyne speciosa x affine as two obviously different plants as the leaves
were completely different One has been identified as Coel.gibbifera and the
other as Coel.naja by experts in the field of coelogynes. I was intrigued by the
word ' affine ' and have discovered that it it is Greek or Latin and means
affiliated to, similar to, approximating to or some such phrase.
It seems to me that collectors thought it was
similar to Coelogyne speciosa and named it so . Perhaps this happened to the
Paph gratrixianum x affine.
Just a thought. Regards
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