E. difforme 'white'

[Don Perusse]

Susanne, who SBOE? Anyway I hope you will keep us posted as to what you find out. Thanks.

Don

[kavanaru]

Epidendrum difforme 'type' at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate for 25$ the funny is that they call it "type" and then say it is related to Epidendrum difforme

[orchideric]

Dear Pheli,

It is not a white form of Epidendrum difforme. It is a distinct species. All sorts of species used to be lumped into a "highly variable" E. difforme. Eric Hagsater in Mexico has clarified the species in the group (once placed in Neolehmannia). Having seen many of his species I agree with his "splitting".

Hope that helps, Eric

[kavanaru]

Hi Eric, do you know which especies this plant according to Eric Hagsater is?

[Rosim_in_BR]

That's great, Pheli!

[Bruno De Toni]

Looking in another forum I saw a picture of this white form found somewhere in the Panama forest. They may be abundant in this country (I think) as well as in the rest of central america countries (?), because in Venezuela if it exist, it must be a very rare specimen.

[cb977]

Originally Posted by Don Perusse

Susanne, who SBOE? Anyway I hope you will keep us posted as to what you find out. Thanks.

Don

Hi Don,

SBOE is Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, an orchid vendor...but I haven't received a reply from them yet. I'll post again when I do

***Just received this in an email:

We have an approx. 6 cane plant, with one flower spike, available for
$35 plus shipping. If you would like to proceed with an order please
email or phone (800 553-3387) in your payment information. Sboe.

[orchideric]

Dear Bruno,

Thank you so much for the hint of Panama. It allowed me to narrow my search. The plant in question is clearly Epidendrum trialatum described by Hagsater from Cocle, Panama, in Orquidea (Mex.) 9(2):356. 1984 and matches the color photograph there. The species was also illustrated for northern Costa Rica in Icon. Pl. Trop., ser. 1, pl. 1328. 1989.

A rose by any other name, Eric

[pheli]

Thanks for the information, Eric.

I have to relabel it now.

[Bruno De Toni]

For those who want to see the picture of this epidendrum collected in the Panama forest, follow to this link. Orquidias en Hato Montaña, Panama - Foro de InfoJardín