Candace
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I want an alba micranthum. Bad. I'd love to breed with it, eventually. Don't think I'd ever be able to afford a BS alba sanderianum, but I'd love to see one someday!
Is there really one in existence?NYEric said:I've been looking into alba species lately; hmmm an alba sanderianum...
Candace, on ebay, I saw a small micranthum alba division listed for a brief moment last Saturday. Making a note to myself to see how high the price would be at the bidding end.Candace said:I want an alba micranthum. Bad. I'd love to breed with it, eventually. Don't think I'd ever be able to afford a BS alba sanderianum, but I'd love to see one someday!
P. sanderianum album has not been discovered, to anyone's knowledge. There were rumours that one was in a collection in Asia, but it did not pan out to be anything of note.Hien said:Is there really one in existence?
I saw the plant you are speaking of. I suspect someone contacted the seller and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse. Personally, the plant was sooo tiny it wasn't worth the risk of it dieing do to stress of postage. It what, had maybe 2-3 tiny little leaves?? I just got the var. eburneum(spelling?) from Orchid Inn and would like to get some other varieties as well but can't find any other types for sale.Candace, on ebay, I saw a small micranthum alba division listed for a brief moment last Saturday. Making a note to myself to see how high the price would be at the bidding end.
I think a day or two later, it disappear form ebay, wonder what happen to it.
Funny that you mention that,Candace said:I saw the plant you are speaking of. I suspect someone contacted the seller and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse. Personally, the plant was sooo tiny it wasn't worth the risk of it dieing do to stress of postage. It what, had maybe 2-3 tiny little leaves?? I just got the var. eburneum(spelling?) from Orchid Inn and would like to get some other varieties as well but can't find any other types for sale.
album. Though really good quality normal P. micranthums can and do go for 3,000 as well.Heather said:Lien, are you speaking of micranthum or micranthum album?
They are rare because naturally there are just very few of them (as is true of any species). Add to that the fact that micranthum just does not breed very productively. Even the normal form of micranthum is problematic when it comes to breeding and pods (if/when they take) often do not produce many seeds.practicallyostensible said:Maybe this is a dumb question but, why are micranthum album so darn expensive? Are they just so rare that breeding is problematic because of genetic diversity? Do growers just not release a lot of plants so the price remains high? Is there some grower conspiracy that I am missing out on (maybe I need to lay off the X-files)?
eburneum is a normal coloured variety of P. micranthum from the Kwangsi area. It's very easy to tell a normal micranthum versus an eburneum, just by looking at the leaves. eburneum has smaller rounder leaves with a tighter pattern.likespaphs said:i thought eburnum was the alba form, but i guess i'm wrong. would it be easy enough to explain the difference?