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03-30-2010, 08:35 AM
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Cattleya guatemalensis
I bought this little beauty at the Green Fest in Tampa on Saturday. But, I'm a bit confused...I thought it was a species given the lower case g, but OrchidWiz has it listed as Guarianthe x guatemalensis ??
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03-30-2010, 08:47 AM
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Laura, Guarianthe (Cattleya) xguatemalensis is the natural hybrid between Guarianthe skinerii and Guarianthe aurantica... since it is a natural hybrids, it is written in lower case, but the "x" indicates it is a hybrid.
BTW, yours has a very nice color!  |
03-31-2010, 11:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kavanaru
Laura, Guarianthe (Cattleya) xguatemalensis is the natural hybrid between Guarianthe skinerii and Guarianthe aurantica... since it is a natural hybrids, it is written in lower case, but the "x" indicates it is a hybrid.
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True, if it is a wild collected plant or bred from wild collected natural hybrid plant(s).
But if a deliberate cross was made between the 2 species then Guatemalensis, upper case G, no x. |
03-31-2010, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by PaphMadMan
True, if it is a wild collected plant or bred from wild collected natural hybrid plant(s).
But if a deliberate cross was made between the 2 species then Guatemalensis, upper case G, no x.
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Ohhhh, the plot thickens!!  |
04-01-2010, 08:54 AM
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I have this one as well, same label - first bloom for me on this one. My flowers look different from yours. I entered mine in a show in Feb an was advised that because it is a naturally occuring hybrid the plant could be entered in the species category. Found that interesting, not sure if correct technically however.
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04-01-2010, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Brenda Aarts
I have this one as well, same label - first bloom for me on this one. My flowers look different from yours. I entered mine in a show in Feb an was advised that because it is a naturally occuring hybrid the plant could be entered in the species category. Found that interesting, not sure if correct technically however.
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hooboy there was a looooot of backcrossing to the skinneri side there, n'est-ce pas?
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03-30-2010, 12:23 PM
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beautiful!!
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03-30-2010, 12:28 PM
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Beautiful indeed!
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03-30-2010, 12:52 PM
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very nice !
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03-30-2010, 04:38 PM
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Awesome, I love natural hybrids.
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