Re: [OGD] Peer reviews
Dear Mike, I've been involved in a taxonomic project about maxillarias and relatives (along with several colleagues), and I have become acquainted with many species. The situation you mention is not rare in this group of orchids (i.e., different names used for the same species, and the same name applied to different species). Luckily, we have studied the original type material for many species. I checked the websites, and the plant labeled as "Maxillaria sanguinolenta" in (http://www.pbase.com/glazemaker/max) is in reality M. meleagris (M. sanguinolenta is, as you mention, a synonym of M. miniata). The plant labeled "M. punctostriata" in (http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/5278/maxspecies2.html) is, as you mention, probably M. ubatubana (= Brasiliorchis ubatubana). I hope this helps. -Mario Michael O'Connor wrote: > There have been many mentions of peer reviewed articles on this forum. > When it comes to checking the veracity of my orchid species names as > supplied by the seller, I am a "paint by numbers" taxonomist. In other words > I first look for a photo (Jay's IOPSE is a favourite site) that matches then > I read up on that name to see whether it fits my plants. > Now here is my motivation for peer reviewed photos on websites. I was given > a plant labelled as Maxillaria sanguinolenta which was originally imported > by the donor from Mrs Strobel in Ecaudor. I did a Google search and landed > up ay Jay's IOPSE where he gives the name as a synonym for Maxillaria > miniata. Something that looks very different to my plant. Thinking that > because Mrs Strobel sold Ecaudorian orchid species, I asked a friend who had > had dealings with Ecaugenera to send them a photo to see if they could solve > the riddle for me. I got a reply from my friend saying that the plant was > Maxillaria puncto-striata, a species from Costa Rica. I thought it strange > that Mrs Strobel, a supplier of Ecaudor species, should sell the donor a > Costa Rican species. So back to Google and I landed up at Pieter Brouwer's > site www.pbase.com/glazemaker/max where there are some excellent photos and > sure enough he illustrates a planrt identical with mine with the same name. > I then did a Google search for Maxillaria puncto-striata and landed up at > The Maxillaria Tribe website > www.geocities.com/rainforest/5278/maxspecies2.html and there they have a > photo credited to David P. Banks which looks very different to Pieter's > photo and my plant. I then went back to the previous page at that site > (change the 2 in the address to a 1) and there they have another photo > credited to David P. Banks (the identical photo) labelled as Maxillaria > acutipetala. To me this picture looks like a Maxillaria picta or Maxillaria > ubatubana (cannot say which from the photo). > So I would ask you all to go to those sites, take a look and comment on the > question of peer reviews of photos on websites and give some suggestions as > to how it would be done. Perhaps David P. Banks (if he subscribes) would > like to comment on whether or not his slides have been mislabelled. > Thanks guys > Keep well and kind regards > Mike > South Africa > > > ___ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > orchids@orchidguide.com > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > > > -- Mario A. Blanco Department of Botany University of Florida 220 Bartram Hall Gainesville, FL 32611-8526 U.S.A. Office phone: (352) 273-1992 FAX: (352) 392-3993 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Peer reviews
There have been many mentions of peer reviewed articles on this forum. When it comes to checking the veracity of my orchid species names as supplied by the seller, I am a "paint by numbers" taxonomist. In other words I first look for a photo (Jay's IOPSE is a favourite site) that matches then I read up on that name to see whether it fits my plants. Now here is my motivation for peer reviewed photos on websites. I was given a plant labelled as Maxillaria sanguinolenta which was originally imported by the donor from Mrs Strobel in Ecaudor. I did a Google search and landed up ay Jay's IOPSE where he gives the name as a synonym for Maxillaria miniata. Something that looks very different to my plant. Thinking that because Mrs Strobel sold Ecaudorian orchid species, I asked a friend who had had dealings with Ecaugenera to send them a photo to see if they could solve the riddle for me. I got a reply from my friend saying that the plant was Maxillaria puncto-striata, a species from Costa Rica. I thought it strange that Mrs Strobel, a supplier of Ecaudor species, should sell the donor a Costa Rican species. So back to Google and I landed up at Pieter Brouwer's site www.pbase.com/glazemaker/max where there are some excellent photos and sure enough he illustrates a planrt identical with mine with the same name. I then did a Google search for Maxillaria puncto-striata and landed up at The Maxillaria Tribe website www.geocities.com/rainforest/5278/maxspecies2.html and there they have a photo credited to David P. Banks which looks very different to Pieter's photo and my plant. I then went back to the previous page at that site (change the 2 in the address to a 1) and there they have another photo credited to David P. Banks (the identical photo) labelled as Maxillaria acutipetala. To me this picture looks like a Maxillaria picta or Maxillaria ubatubana (cannot say which from the photo). So I would ask you all to go to those sites, take a look and comment on the question of peer reviews of photos on websites and give some suggestions as to how it would be done. Perhaps David P. Banks (if he subscribes) would like to comment on whether or not his slides have been mislabelled. Thanks guys Keep well and kind regards Mike South Africa ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] growing in Texas (US)
"Bill Tippits foray into the world of orchid cultivation... ... in 1980... the Galveston native... set up a tiny greenhouse for the 200 plants he collected. In 1991, the petrochemical engineer turned software developer at Exxon formed his own company, Olympia Orchids. When Tippet retired in 1994 and moved to Friendswood, his business plan took root. ... plunked a 1,600-square-foot greenhouse and laboratory in the middle of his back yard. There, he immersed himself in the world of hybridization... His hybrids... have won more than 60... awards from the American Orchid Society... In Texas, there are 43 naturally occurring orchid varieties, but they have... little value to the commercial orchid world. ... Tippit... estimates that he has created some 400 hybrids. ... works with... phalaenopsis... an offshoot of his business he started in 1996, through which customers pay him to create a new hybrid and name it after a loved one. The names are registered with the Royal Horticultural Society in England... To pass muster with the horticultural society, the orchid name cannot be longer than 27 letters or more than three words and cant be considered risqué. The fee for his namesake orchid service is $350, plus another $50 for packaging and shipping of four plants and a name certificate. People came out of the woodwork when I started, and I couldnt make the hybrids fast enough, said Tippit. I have one order now from a guy wanting a new hybrid named for his ex-girlfriend. He wants her to come back. (smile...)" URL: http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0abfb388183f7e0e&; *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] growing in North Carolina (US)
"Dorcas Brogdon... her... greenhouse, manufactured by Turner, is covered with a diffuse fiberglass. The greenhouse is slightly sunken into the ground and sits on a block foundation, four rows deep. The floor is 15 to 18 inches of gravel and the benches are wood slats. It is heated with propane and has a backup system in case the primary should fail. There is a cooling system - a swamp pad - that keeps the temperatures down in the summer. The greenhouse is 14 feet by 38 feet, and... space in it is used to accommodate the maximum number of plants. ... There are hanging baskets of plants that have baskets of plants hanging from them and another tier hanging from them, and plant-covered benches are under these. ... orchids mounted on bark that is then mounted on wire frames that rotate on hardware. ... There were... Paphiopedilum venustum from Sikkim and Nepal; Neofinetia with chains of complicated, fragrant white flowers from Japan; ... Aeranthes from Madagascar with 2-inch green flowers... Schoenorchis micrantha from Vietnam and Malaysia with 1/8-inch flowers mounted on a piece of cork to Grammatophyllum scriptum from the Philippines and New Guinea, whose flower spikes can tower well over 6 feet. ... stems of Laelia anceps shot out 3 feet from their mounts ending in... lavender and white flowers. A... velvety purple Princess Makasa vanda hung from the rafters. Dendrobium abberans with white flowers and a trace of fuchsia... Schoenorchis juncifolia... white Cattleya... Bob Betts... Brogdon became acquainted with orchids in 1977... Her first orchid was a cattleya... She quickly built up a collection, and because she was going back and forth to the Outer Banks for six months of the year, she would pack up all her plants and move them with her. She was moving close to 100 plants when her husband built her first lean-to greenhouse in 1994. The current greenhouse was built in 1997. She joined the Triad Orchid Society in 1995. ...The first plant she ever exhibited, a Paphiopedillum Green Up Time, won an award of merit" URL: http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354178058 photo (small) : http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlmainpicture&blobheader=image/jpeg&blobkey=id&blobtable=MGImage&blobwhere=1173354177895&ssbinary=true&cachecontrol=2%3A0%3A0+*%2F*%2F* *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Vanishing / lecture at the Naples Botanical Garden, Florida (US)
" "Vanishing Orchids" lecture... by... Jack Kramer. ... at the Naples Botanical Garden... Kramer has... written five books on orchids, including... "The World Wildlife Fund Book of Orchids." ... The event coincides with an exhibition of hand-colored illustrations of endangered orchids that are no longer available in the United States." URL: http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/GCLIVE02/301120005 *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] business (Malaysia)
"Steven Cheong, 62... with Yap Yew Kong, 34... business. ... they own a 2.6ha phalaenopsis farm in Ulu Yam Baru with 25 workers, producing about 35,000 potted plants... About 2,500 plants are transplanted each day at the farm. ... their own laboratory scheduled to open sometime this year and plans to take the farm to the highlands so that production can be increased to 150,000 blooming plants a month... Waltex Biotec World of Phalaenopsis" URL: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/1/11/central/19934777&sec=central *** Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
