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Polarizeme 02-16-2014 09:22 PM

Restrepia who?
 
I believe this is a species. The tag has gone missing. the flower is huge, about 2" long just the bottom sepal without the top antenna like sepal.

Any ideas? I'm thinking guttulata, maybe?

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps907edbe2.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps826bfc94.jpg

Orchid Whisperer 02-16-2014 10:19 PM

Can't tell for sure, many of the species are very similar. Since there are also some Restrepia hybrids, it might remain a NOID.

Can you recall where you got it from? Maybe a picture to the seller (or person that gave you a division) could help them remember and give you an ID.

ronaldhanko 02-17-2014 12:58 AM

Whisperer is correct. They are difficult to tell apart without dissecting a flower and there are some hybrids out there as well some of them unregistered. I have an unregistered hybrid of elegans and dodsonii that looks a bit like this. If it is a species it might be guttulata, but I'm not going to stake my life on that.

Polarizeme 03-05-2014 10:31 PM

I've got another plant blooming with identical flowers. the tag says "Columbia Species"
Here is a better shot The background color is a yellow. The spots are red/burgundy

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps1f417f83.jpg

Orchid Whisperer 03-06-2014 01:16 AM

You might want to contact an orchid taxonomist like James D Ackerman at the University of Puerto Rico to ask if there is a key for identifying the various species of Restrepia.

Polarizeme 03-07-2014 12:29 AM

Thank you, I'll have to do that. I was trying to contact Lynne O’Shaugnessy with Plerothallid Alliance, but the site is down due to hacking issues.


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