album vs. aureum vs. flavum

[kentuckiense]

I'm kind of assuming they are in order from true albino to yellow. Can anyone give the exact details?

 

[gore42]

I find that this summary is pretty useful, with good examples and a chart.

http://www.nascentorchids.com/color_designations.html

As Ever,
Matthew Gore

 

[kentuckiense]

I find that this summary is pretty useful, with good examples and a chart.

http://www.nascentorchids.com/color_designations.html

As Ever,
Matthew Gore

Perfect! That link is awesome. Thanks.

 

[Heather]

That's a great link, Matthew. Thanks - I thought there was a comprehensive post about it somewhere and couldn't recall where so I decided to just hush.

I won't say what else I was thinking when I saw the link you posted.

 

[Braem]

Alba, aureum, flavum: I have written chapters on this as well as some articles, for example in Australia.

OK: alba means "white"
aureum means "golden yellow"
flavum "means yellow"

and that is how they should be used. Unfortunately, the word "alba" has been misused for ages.

Guido

 

[LindaFVB]

Thankyou Matthew for this website, as a newbie I found it very helpful and added it to my resources.

Linda

 

[Heather]

Hrm...unfortunately the link is broken (Steve T's site's been down for a while.)
Anyone have any idea where else that information might be posted?

 

[Kyle]

You can access it by using the internet archive.

http://web.archive.org/web/20061120083623/http://www.nascentorchids.com/color_designations.html

What ever happend to Steve Topletz? He had more then a few 'crazy' ideas, I'm curious if any materialized. Plus he had an orchid import buisness.

Kyle

 

[Heather]

Ah, thanks Kyle.
Not sure about Steve, haven't seen him around in over a year, actually.

 

[Corbin]

Thanks Matthew