Guarianthe skinnerii (suavissima) alba?

[Louis_W]

Pretty nice nice specimen if i may say so! I believe suavissima is just very light and not truely alba but it seems pretty pigmwnt free. Possibly some very light purple spots on the lip but its hard to say. Foliage is also free of pigment. It is the most vigerous and fast growing plant I have. Currently blooming on 10 spikes which is more than half of the growths it has.

[Keysguy]

Looks alba to me. Nicely grown and flowered plant.

I wasn't aware that suavissima was a recognized color form of skinneri.

Every specimen of the alba form I have seen (including on occasion my 'Debbie') can have a very faint lavender haze which typically manifests itself in the lip whereas in the "semi-alba" forms, the lavender blush it not close to bold but definitely more noticeable than in the alba.

I suspect it has something to do with light in the growing environment. Just for comparison purposes, here is my 'Debbie' photographed today.

[Jeff214]

Looks very nice! I like the pale colors.

[Louis_W]

This one is less pink than yours Keysguy, really just a few tiny dots where the dark ring normally would be on the lip. Im impressed that yours seems to have 10ish flowers per spike. Mine only has about 5 per so far but there are tons of spikes.

Grown very bright with winter lows in the high 40s

[Keysguy]

Louie- I also have another skinneri that is alleged to be var. oculata. My understanding is that "oculata" refers to a deep lavender color way back in the throat with the rest of the flower coloration being irrelevant. In other words, "oculata" could have a flower with any amount of coloration to the sepals and petals. Like I said, is that scientifically correct? I don't know, it's only my understanding from discussions with folks smarter than me about such things.

My oculata only had 2 spikes this year so it didn't get to come up to the porch like the alba did so I took a pic of it when I was down in the shade house this morning. So, just for giggles and discussion, here it is. Notice how much more lavender blush it has? The picture is not at the right angle to catch it here but the deep coloration way back in the throat is there.

Something tells me we could team up on a doctoral thesis on this species and figure out none of our plants are what we were told they were when we acquired them.

[Ben_in_North_FLA]

I believe Keysguy hit the proverbial nail right on the head with
""I suspect it has something to do with light in the growing environment. Just for comparison purposes, here is my 'Debbie' photographed today.""

at one point I had several "alba" skinneri clones and can confirm that very bright light will force a bit of color in the plant making them albascens?

[Louis_W]

I suppose it depends how they breed. That would be the true test. If anyone had orchid wiz they could look up progeny of 'Debbie' and see if it has been crossed with any white Catts.

[Brock]

I want some help identifying. I'm new to skinnerii. I've been looking for the Blanca or alba. Most alba I see have splashes of pink. I've seen some very lavender. I have seen so many but a lot look like crosses or a different species. Of course its the end of the season. I've been trying to figure out if the alba exists in nature im told yes theres guaria morada and Blanca. Sometimes the labellum doesn't look as skinny and septals don't seem as thinn this looks like it to me but after buying this plant was told its name is pura alba. I might have to wait until next year for better photos. The septals and labellum seem skinny or thin enough

[Brock]

Having trouble with photos

[Brock]

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