Oliver, Whenever I have a question on spelling I try to go back to the original publication (if I can) and see how it was originally spelled. Unfortunately, I don't have 'Bonplandia" or 'Xenia Orchidaceae' (the two earliest references). So to the things I do have. All the things I checked Stein, Williams, Veitch, Kew Monocot checklist, Henessy, Schweinfurth, and Schlechter, spell it as Peter spelled it. However, Cash spells it 'boissieranum' leaving the 'i' out between the 'r' and 'a' (a rather strange thing!). I found no source that used your spelling, that does not mean there are none, I just did not find any in the references I checked.
icones >Picture # 3 shows a patch of Phragmipedium boissieranum (note spelling) >photographed in sunlight, which is no proof they grow in full sun all day. Other people who offered advice during the production of the web page (and the web in general, if one is to believe a Google search) seems to prefer P. boisserianum. I freely admit my ignorance; I have no books to hand that address Latin orchids,and so I am in a muddle. So, please, ¿what is the correct species name for this **** plant? ______________________________ Oliver Sparrow +44 (0)20 7736 9716 www.chforum.org _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
