Jose and Eric, check with Ecuagenera. They are finding, describing and naming new species, and many of them carry the 'portillae' name. They may have more information on it. It may be too new to be in any of the previously existing literature.
li'l frog -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose A. Izquierdo Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: orchids@orchidguide.com Subject: [OGD] Re: Ida portillae Eric, I checked the Kew's Monocotyledon World Checklist and there is no reference either. Since the checklist can be a year behind in listing and placing the published names , I continued my search. This is what I found: The judges of the the AOS Toronto Judging Centre granted on Nov. 13, 2004 at the Niagara Region Orchid Society Show – St. Catharines a Certificated of Horticultural Merit of 80 pts to : Lycaste portillae ‘Gualaceo Safari’ CHM/AOS exhibited by Our Tropics. Per AOS regulations, CHMs are granted provisionally pending the mandatory taxonomic Verification. I would guess that upon verification that "Lycaste" would have its generic name changed. The award is a recent one, you should try and contact the Chair of the Toronto Centre or the AOS Registrar of Awards to see if the Award has been validated by the taxonomic verification and for the posibility of viewing the award slide for copmparison to your plant. You could also attempt contacting the exhibitor of record : Our Tropics . This is the data I obtained for them: Name: Orchids in Our Tropics - Doug and Terry Kennedy Address: PO Box 394, Gormley ON LOH 1G0 Phone/Fax: 905-727-3319 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.orchidsinourtropics.com/ Hope I have been of help. José _______________________________________________ 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
