Restrepia erm, uhh...

[Tindomul]

Ahhh the minutia of plant taxonomy. Good catch Pat!

[orchidhunter]

Orchid people are just as funny (not to mention naughty) in the digital realm as fleshspace!

Thanks for all the info guys, I really appreciate it. Now it looks like Restrepia striata as well as Restrepia trichoglossa... Although, the labellum is as hairless as the synsepal beneath it. So that makes it Restrepia trichoglossa. Or Restrepia sp. nov.

I'll need to do a DNA fingerprint analysis to know for sure, tee-hee!

Originally Posted by Tindomul

Gorgeous! What are the cultural conditions?

It grows on the lowermost shelf of my greenhouse, where the humidity from damping down is highest, and light and temperatures are lowest (I'd guess a maximum of about 22°C on a summer afternoon). It's potted in a teeny-tiny plastic pot filled with small-grade crushed gravel, mixed with a little bit of fine composted fir bark and charcoal and watered virtually daily. It's the mix I made to use for all my Masdevallias too. Orchids suffer an untimely demise when I try to keep them in sphagnum or rockwool.

[Mahon]

Originally Posted by orchidhunter

Now it looks like Restrepia striata as well as Restrepia trichoglossa... Although, the labellum is as hairless as the synsepal beneath it. So that makes it Restrepia trichoglossa. Or Restrepia sp. nov.

...without hair on the labellum... wouldn't that make it a Restrepia nontrichoglossa?

Originally Posted by orchidhunter

I'll need to do a DNA fingerprint analysis to know for sure, tee-hee!

I think Carl Withner may have already done analysis on both species?

-Pat

[Mahon]

Originally Posted by orchidhunter

Orchid people are just as funny (not to mention naughty) in the digital realm as fleshspace!

Naughty? Pffft
Hey, was curious though if you think this orchid would be good for a show?



-Pat

[orchidhunter]

Originally Posted by Mahon

...without hair on the labellum... wouldn't that make it a Restrepia nontrichoglossa?

I think Carl Withner may have already done analysis on both species?

-Pat

Meant R. striata, of course. Shall we ask Carl Withner to send me the primer sequences so I can ID my poor Restrepia?

Oh, and that picture is wrong. Just... wrong. *shudder*

[Mahon]

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[Tindomul]

Originally Posted by orchidhunter

It grows on the lowermost shelf of my greenhouse, where the humidity from damping down is highest, and light and temperatures are lowest (I'd guess a maximum of about 22°C on a summer afternoon). It's potted in a teeny-tiny plastic pot filled with small-grade crushed gravel, mixed with a little bit of fine composted fir bark and charcoal and watered virtually daily. It's the mix I made to use for all my Masdevallias too. Orchids suffer an untimely demise when I try to keep them in sphagnum or rockwool.

Thanks for the info. I'm left wondering now. The only place I have that is sufficiently dark and humid and cool might not have sufficient ventilation.

[orchidhunter]

I say go for it! This one was grown in a less-than ideal environment. The fans don't really reach that low, so the air is pretty stagnant. But it survives and even flowers now and again! They're more adaptable than we think.