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Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 03-08-2011, 10:16 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,127
Posted By orchideric
It is near Onc. pulvinatum.

It is near Onc. pulvinatum.
Forum: Identification Forum 08-03-2010, 06:31 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,645
Posted By orchideric
I put genera on most of your unidentified...

I put genera on most of your unidentified orchids.

Eric
Forum: Coelogyne Alliance 09-18-2009, 12:15 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,107
Posted By orchideric
Hey John, Your plant is Coelogyne flaccida. ...

Hey John,

Your plant is Coelogyne flaccida.

Picta means spotted and I don't know any spotted Coelogynes.

Eric
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-18-2009, 02:22 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,492
Posted By orchideric
Re-elect Bush, invade Brazil, and impose your...

Re-elect Bush, invade Brazil, and impose your divine will. Your rights clearly are more important than those of Brazilians. You know better.

End of discussion
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-17-2009, 04:53 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,492
Posted By orchideric
Dear Chris, I am serious. They are not our...

Dear Chris,

I am serious. They are not our plants - they are not ours to do with. It only takes a few years before the wild-collected plants would generally go out of cultivation anyway. Of the...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-17-2009, 12:55 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,492
Posted By orchideric
The important distincton in collecting plants...

The important distincton in collecting plants from habitats being destroyed is what happens to the plants afterward. If the plants remain in country and no borders are crossed, that is altruistic and...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-17-2009, 10:02 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,492
Posted By orchideric
Dear Bolero, There is an odd persistent...

Dear Bolero,

There is an odd persistent mystique that wild-collected plants are better. There may be a twinge of truth with some of the historic clones having virus. But of course that was before...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-17-2009, 03:02 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,492
Posted By orchideric
Phragmipedium kovachii grows in a protected...

Phragmipedium kovachii grows in a protected forest, the Bosque Alto Mayo, as well.

Despite the indictment and guilty pleas of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and their former horticulturist...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-15-2009, 01:49 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,201
Posted By orchideric
Dear Phil, I think you will find this is a...

Dear Phil,

I think you will find this is a Bulbophyllum. It should not be that difficult to identify given the dramatic coloration. It is not a Coelogyne or Eria based on the position of the...
Forum: Beginner Discussion 09-15-2009, 01:34 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,223
Posted By orchideric
Dear Darin, The plant awarded as Maxillaria...

Dear Darin,

The plant awarded as Maxillaria callichroma 'Double Anniversary' AM/AOS is correctly Max. luteograndiflora.

See: Orchids 77(6):458-461. 2004.

Maxillaria callichroma has different...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-15-2009, 01:15 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,035
Posted By orchideric
Actually, that is dark for C. maxima. It may very...

Actually, that is dark for C. maxima. It may very well be a cross of the lowland and highland forms.

If anyone is lookingfor this species, Odom's Orchids in Florida has a seed-raised population at...
Forum: Cattleya Alliance 09-15-2009, 01:11 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,492
Posted By orchideric
Dear Mauro, Can you give us the probable...

Dear Mauro,

Can you give us the probable cause for the disappearance? Was it people collecting them or was it a change in the local ecology due to the highway? In cloud forest in the Andes just...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-13-2009, 06:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 930
Posted By orchideric
Hey Ramon, The only really similar species...

Hey Ramon,

The only really similar species is Epi. tamaense but that species has differently proportioned lip lobes and more acuminate-aciculate sepals.

To study Andean orchids in general you...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-13-2009, 03:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 930
Posted By orchideric
Dear Ramon, Your plant is Epidendrum...

Dear Ramon,

Your plant is Epidendrum curtisii.

If you re in the mood, I would suggest you share your photograph with Jay Pfahl's website (orchidspecies).

Hope that helps, Eric
Forum: Orchids in the Wild 09-13-2009, 03:05 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,979
Posted By orchideric
Great pictures - especially the rarely seen...

Great pictures - especially the rarely seen Sobralia stenophylla, an unusual species with axillary inflorescences.

10-11 is Cheiradenia cuspidata

16 is Maxillaria guareimensis

32-33 is not a...
Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 09-08-2009, 03:29 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,792
Posted By orchideric
Dear Bingo, Commercial growers are in a bind...

Dear Bingo,

Commercial growers are in a bind - they have to try and guess which name will be known by potential clients. That, and there is always a lag time before botanical changes are picked up...
Forum: Oncidium/Odontoglossum Alliance 09-06-2009, 05:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,792
Posted By orchideric
The correct name is Rhynchostele bictoniense....

The correct name is Rhynchostele bictoniense. Most Central American species of Odontoglossum were remove to Cymbiglossum. That was thought to be too close to an Eria relative named Cymboglossum and...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-05-2009, 12:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,441
Posted By orchideric
It is definetly a complex Cattleya hybrid. It is...

It is definetly a complex Cattleya hybrid. It is also undoubtedly a mass-produced clone. You might check out websites from nurseries either in Taiwan or Hawaii and you can pobably match it. It is...
Forum: Dendrobium Alliance 09-05-2009, 12:33 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,352
Posted By orchideric
Dear Roger, Dendrobium miyakei is a later...

Dear Roger,

Dendrobium miyakei is a later name for D. goldschmidtianum. It is native to the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan. Contrary to an AOS Presidents message, it is N O T extinct...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-04-2009, 09:17 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
Posted By orchideric
Dear Connie, I spent a weekend there during...

Dear Connie,

I spent a weekend there during a long summer collectng specimens for the Museo Nacional and the Field Museum (Chicago). I particularly remember the fabulous carved door of the Pension...
Forum: Identification Forum 09-03-2009, 10:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
Posted By orchideric
Dear Connie, Your plant is Epidendrum...

Dear Connie,

Your plant is Epidendrum firmum, well known from Monteverde. It was once included in a very broadly defined E. difforme, a species now thought to be endemic to the Caribbean.

Hope...
Forum: Orchids in the Wild 09-02-2009, 01:48 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,105
Posted By orchideric
The non-native is a Myrmecophila, formerly...

The non-native is a Myrmecophila, formerly included in Schomburgkia. Mostl ikely it is M. tibicinus.

Hope that helps, Eric
Forum: Identification Forum 09-01-2009, 04:39 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 31,575
Posted By orchideric
Yes, it is definetly a Bulbophyllum. Eric

Yes, it is definetly a Bulbophyllum.

Eric
Forum: Scientific Matters 09-01-2009, 04:35 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,292
Posted By orchideric
Here is a review published a while ago. Hope...

Here is a review published a while ago.

Hope that helps, Eric
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WILD ORCHIDS IN MYANMAR
Forum: Maxillaria Alliance 09-01-2009, 04:31 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,240
Posted By orchideric
Hey Steve, It means South (sud) American...

Hey Steve,

It means South (sud) American (amer) Lycaste. A good name to separate them from the Central American speces which are still Lycaste.

Eric
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