stan 'Chocolate Mint'

[weederwoman]

I'm assuming from my reading that Doug Pulley's oculata 'Chocolate Mint' has been changed to panamensis 'Chocolate Mint'. Anyone know which other species also used to be called oculata? How will most vendors mark their plants? Thanks
Laurel

[WhiteRabbit]

[lepetitmartien]

Well, afaik, oculata is still oculata… (just checked on Kew and TPL)

Panamensis has no synonyms, oculata var. crocea is now dodsoniana and var. guttulata is guttulata.

So, has something happened in the dark ways of taxonomia very recently? Or a known cultivar has been misidentified and now its species name is set straight?

Based on my experience, most vendors will follow the label the plants are coming in, or use the names they are familiar to.

[weederwoman]

So afayk a variety of oculata has not been moved en masse into panamensis. Probably just correcting a mistake. And I doubt if he used the name 'Chocolate Mint' twice for two different species. I wonder if the "purple spot form" of occulata will ever be given a more definitive name. It seems different enough. Messy species.
Thanks

[lepetitmartien]

I have not tried yet to dive into species recognition for Stans… I want to sleep sound and well )

(same applies to Restrepia)