Apedium,a new genus in the family Cypripedioideae

[quietaustralian]

Apedium, a new genus in the subfamily Cypripedioideae.

Published online in Richardiana

www.facebook.com/groups/AustralianSlipperOrchids/874533725940759
or
http://www.richardiana.com/telecharger.php?vol=15&art=20

 

[valenzino]

Ok,this is not april fool...hehehehe
Is interesting cause as Selenipedium suppose to be the ancient genus in the Cypripedioideae....maybe is where the shoe shaped lip started to develop...

 

[Heather]

I must say, after seeing this posted all over the place the morning I did start to wonder about the date.

 

[gonewild]

There are two separate posts.
The new Aprils fool one that is a story and then this one that is a published description.

Different plants in different countries.

 

[PaphMadMan]

This species has been discussed here before as Selenipedium chironianum. It seems a stretch to assign a new genus to a population with characteristics that could all be accounted for by an error in one developmental gene influencing floral differentiation.

 

[dodidoki]

I think there is no reason to separate this new species . Or if yes, how we deal with phragmi lindenii?

 

[SlipperFan]

Just as one begins to think there is nothing new under the sun...