Stanhopea gibbosa (ex-Stan impressa) - Orchid Board

Frdemetr · #1 02-28-2009, 10:42 PM

I'm not sure about the ID. There was "problems" about this taxon (after 2004, the former "Stan impressa" was renamed as Stan gibbosa; and the former "Stan gibbosa" was renamed as Stan confusa)
For me it is a gibbosa, 'cause in the old descriptions of the "impressa" (today a nomen nudum) there was cited the "eyes" not only in the hipochile, but also in the petals (you can see the "eyes" in the petals in some pics)

CoolPhrog · #2 02-28-2009, 10:46 PM

Very interesting, Frederico! Nice growing!

kinknstein · #3 02-28-2009, 11:06 PM

Really cool Frederico!!!

tuvoc · #4 03-01-2009, 11:36 AM

Neat one Frederico. It's just too bad that there seem to be so many 'confusas'
around these days.

Kim

Frdemetr · #5 03-01-2009, 12:24 PM

Hi Dana, Nick, Kim

Thanks for looking!

Kim, 'confusion' its not rare in Stan classification! The former "gibbosa" (now confusa) belongs to "oculata complex" (probably not a single species, but a set of five or six, waiting for a skilled - and brave - taxonomist). What Reichenbach called gibbosa (in 1869) was in fact the former "impressa" (which received this name after several years, by Rolfe - 1898, today invalid, 'cause Reichenbach's name has priority). So, "confusa" is an adequate name!

tuvoc · #6 03-01-2009, 12:37 PM

Oh man, now I'm totally 'confusad'! LOL

Kim

isurus79 · #7 03-01-2009, 10:39 PM

Whatever it is, its freakin amazing!! Im also impressed by the length of the stem. It seems waaay longer than most.

Frdemetr · #8 03-02-2009, 09:15 AM

Hi Steve!

This one has a lot of "eyes"!

Yes, a very long spike, with small/medium flowers only in last third. Its spike has the same lenght of Stan embreei spike, but embreei has big flowers, well distributed along the stem.