Re: [OGD] Epidendrum porpax query

2006-05-24 Thread icones
Hendrik,   Definitive answers in taxonomy do not really exist, as such. This is because various experts have different opinions, and that is as it should be. Most often by general consensus a taxon becomes accepted under a name, and more or less becomes the "definitive answer".  However, to

[OGD] Epidendrum porpax query

2006-05-24 Thread Hendrik Venter
Hi to all on the list I am trying to find the current valid and generally accepted name for Epidendrum porpax. Various authors in the last 10 years place it in either Epidendrum, Neolehmannia or even Nanodes. Does anyone have a definitive answer? Please let me know - I appreciate the list's a

[OGD] Paph. (Limelight x venustum)???

2006-05-24 Thread Orchdcrazy
Iris,   I am an avid Paphiopedilum grower, not a hybridizer, but your question on whether or not you should cross Paph. Limelight (Maudiae x Chiara) by Paph. venustum intrigued me.  A search of OrchidWiz does not show the hybrid has been registered.  Since you described Limelight as resembli