Eric, I suspect that here is another case where the Kew Monocot Checklist is wrong.
Both these species (and 6 others) were transferred to the new genus Rodrigoa in Die Orchidee 30(1979):213-222 by Lothar Braas. In this article Braas provides excellent line drawings and both color and black and white pictures, which if accurate, show distinct differences between the two. Carlyle Luer, in Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVIII (2006):14, recognizes this genus and adds 4 more species to it. He also maintains the two species as separate and distinct taxons. BTW I could not find the picture on your web site, so I could not compare it to the pictures and drawings in Die Orchidee. icones > A very knowledgeable orchidist corrected a name I'd found on the Kew World > Checklist. I recently photographed a plant with the label M. fasciata, but > when I researched the name on the Checklist, Kew says that M. fasciata is > a > synonym of M. heteroptera, so that's what I labeled the plant on my site. > I > was told this was incorrect, with a detailed description of why these two > species were completely different. > > I don't have easy access to Luer's Icones to dig further. Is anyone out > there able to add anything to this discussion? I feel stuck betweeen a > rock > and a hard place. =) > > Thanks, > > -Eric in SF > www.orchidphotos.org > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/461 - Release Date: 10/2/2006 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
