Flavum vs aurea (aureeum)

[skirincich]

I was looking at photos of both the flavum and aurea varieties of dendrobium spectabile. Can someone explain the differences?


Thanks,
Steve

[Roberta]

Did you see any difference in the pictures? I would suspect that they are synonyms... yellow by another name. But I would be glad to stand corrected if there actually is a difference.

[gjanick2]

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[Ray]

While I agree with Roberta that “aureum” and “flavum” are used synonymously, technically they mean “golden yellow” and ”yellow”, so I supposed there is an intended difference.

[estación seca]

Botanical taxonomists for the most part no longer use the concept of variety. The label used would be subspecies. Flower color isn't normally used in deciding what defines a taxon. Variety is a concept used by horticulturalists, more like a catalog description.