Cyrtopodium punctatum

[catwalker808]

What got me confused. I read that they were erroneously called Epidendrums before but now called Cyrtopodiums ... so what alliance.

Thanks for the info. Cymbidium does make sense but it's still a little bit out in left field. Plants do grow a little like catasetum, but the few canes are more fibrous and never really plump up. Most of the terminal leaves do fall off, but not as cleanly as catasetums. The flower spikes are short with few flowers. And I never got spiked in my finger handling the top of the cane.

King, you're generation X ... I'm a little earlier in the alphabet.
Isurus. Just be patient. You'll get one.

[Zoi2]

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Oh I love that!
Joann

[Orchidflowerchild]

Originally Posted by catwalker808

What got me confused. I read that they were erroneously called Epidendrums before but now called Cyrtopodiums ... so what alliance.

Well, in the beginnings of orchid exploration, anything that grew epiphytically was called Epidendrum. Cyrtopodium punctatum was described quite early...well before the changeover.


As for the Cymbidiiae, it is a large tribe within Orchidaceae, under which the subtribes stanhopiinae, oncidiinae, and catasetiinae all fit.

The umbrella terms and archaic names can really get confusing, which is why taxonomists are important...for clarification...you know, when they aren't mucking things up because of fad cladistics.

-Cj 'Armchair Taxonomist' M