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Originally Posted by smweaver
Mauro, that's a great looking flower. Do you grow your leopoldiis with your guttatas, or does leopoldii, in your experience, like different growing conditions in regards to its temperature and light preferences? I have a couple of leopoldiis (in addition to a number of guttatas), and I can't really see much of a difference in the plants. They're all fairly young, however, so perhaps differences vegetative differences between the species will become more evident as they reach maturity. But until that happens I'll remain happy just looking at the pictures of your plants. They're beautiful.
Steve
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I grow both under the same conditions (temperature, light, water etc), Steve.
Yes, it is not much easy to differentiate between the two when they are young (and actually neither when they are adult). The only characteristic that promptly points to C. leopoldii is the presence of three leaves atop the pseudo bulb. The problem is that only some clones present that characteristic. Well, at least, when you see three you know that it is C. leopoldi. For the rest both species are very similar
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