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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 |
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. |
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.
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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 |
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.
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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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