A few days ago I posted a puzzle as to the species name of a particular
Gongora.
I put an image of my painting on my website
www.orchidpainter.com/mysteryplant.htm
I got several replies with suggestions that ranged from minax, maxim,
truncata and
leucochila. Both Marc Hachadourian at the Ny Bot
Dear Linda-
Your mystery plant looks like Gongora leucochila to me
Follow the link below to a great online resource for the Stanhopeinae
http://www.orchidsrepbiol.de/cgi-bin/img_db/img_display.pl?db=_vwstanhopeinae&t=usr_gg1&page=1&genera=Gongora&species=all&select=&cols=5&size=25
Marc Hachadouri
In a message dated 1/19/07 6:03:01 AM, Jean writes:
> I have received a plant called "Paphiopedilum usitanicum," yet I fail to
> find any reference to it. Can anybody help?
>
Are you sure it is an orchid? First of all, the L fell off. It is undoubtedly
lusitanicum. There is no Paph. lusitanicum,
In a message dated 10/13/06 6:05:57 PM, Cynthia writes:
B. "bahiensis" an unpublished horticultural epithet,
Exactly. Now will somebody please publish it. Unfortunately, the judges didn't even notice the little thing at our show. They were busy awarding a bushel basket of Orpha. radicans. The bahi
In a message dated 10/13/06 6:05:57 PM, Dalton writes:
we believe B, cebolleta is a good species. It probably is the small one you have there
I looked at the photo of B. cebolleta. As we say in this country, close but no cigar (a carnival _expression_). In our species, the leaves are only about 10
Somebody asked about an Oncidium or Psychopsis Lake View. Sorry, there is nothing like that or Lakeview in the Oncidium alliance in the RHS data base, and there is no awarded oncidium alliance clone by that name in Wildcatt. The closest I could find is Trichocentrum Kuquat 'Lakeview.' If your plant
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