Some random questions and Lockhartia ??'s

[Shiffdaddy]

If a species, lets say Encyclia cordigera is crossed through flower pollination with another Encyclia cordigera is the outcoming plants raised from flask to adult hood considered a species still? Is it still an Encyclia cordigera or would it be considered a species hybrid?

Next question: Is Encyclia cordigera and Encyclia cordigera var. alba the same species or would it be considered a seperate species? Like.... Laelia purpurata (sp?) var carnea or var alba or var flamea etc.. are these all considered variations in the species or are they seperate species within the same genera? (i hope this question makes sense.)

Last question: Some of my new growths on my orchids are developing a strange looking leaf that looks crinkled or bent or something. Is this due to insufficient humidity? or not enough light?

Ben

Also a question for Bud if you happen to check this post. I recently got a Lockhartia lunifera. How do you grow yours? Would it be better if i left it in a window and gave it lots of water? Or could i possibly grow it outdoors here in southern california?

I saw your plant and it looks amazing. I love Lockhartias and hope that i can grow this into a nice specimen like yours!

[Magnus A]

You do not get a hybrid when you seed propagating with the same parent species. In your case it´s still an E. cordigera, not an hybrid.

The alba form of a species is only a variant, not a second specie.

Crinkled leaf, most probably low humidity...

[Shiffdaddy]

Thanks for the quick response! I appreciate it! Hmmm I wonder how I'd raise the humidity outside without like putting in a mist system or something lol

[tucker85]

I agree with all the information in the previous post. Encyclia cordigera is a species and pollinating one to the other you have another of the same species.

When you cross two different varietals of the same species the resulting plants are still the same species.

When a specific orchid has been awarded and given a name, for instance c. percivaliana 'summit', the orchid is still a percivaliana species.