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11-14-2011, 04:40 PM
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Brassavola? NoID
These little guys grow profusely here on the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. Often forming extensive mats on the side of trees.
Based on the long thick leaf shape I assume it is a Brassavola. As you can see the entire bract of flowers is smaller than my thumbnail.
A close up pic of an individual attached and a pic of them in a typical natural grouping (on a mangrove tree in the river -- hint to habitat -- tropical, hot, humid, lowland...altitude is about 6ft above sea level if you are standing up in the boat!).
Any ideas?
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11-14-2011, 04:58 PM
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Very interesting plant in situ...by the way the leaves are: it looks like a Brassavola miniature...I hope someone with a "wiz" can identify this... if it was not yet registered then were stumped...or better yet you can register and name it
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11-14-2011, 05:15 PM
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Hopefully so. This is such a common plant here I would be very surprised if it has not been named already.
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11-14-2011, 05:39 PM
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I don't think it is a Brassavola at all, look at the flowering habit of the inflorescense. I'm not familiar with it but I will do some research on it.
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11-14-2011, 09:35 PM
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That is no Brassavola! There are many orchids outside of the genus Brassavola with terete leaves.
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11-15-2011, 10:22 AM
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Thanks for the responses. If not a Brassavola, then any suggestions as to what it might be?
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09-10-2014, 05:54 AM
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Found this thread when I searched Google for NOID Brassavola. Didn't recognize the orchid so I scrolled down expecting to find the ID...but nope!
So conducted this search and found... Epidendrum stangeanum. Did I solve this cold case? |
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09-11-2014, 10:20 AM
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They don't look like epidendrums.
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09-11-2014, 12:13 PM
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I think you may have solved the cold case, epiphyte, stangeanum looks like a very good match. Thanks! I remember seeing this years ago and wanting to know what it was.
Optimist, Epidendrum is a huge and widespread genus with very much morphological diversity. Check out the linked image search, whether or not stangeanum is the exact ID it's pretty clear that Curtis's plant is well within the currently-defined generic bounds of Epidendrum (subject of course to potential revision based on new evidence).
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09-30-2014, 02:12 AM
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