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
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