Panarica prismatocarpa

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pretty plant has changed its name again? How much is the year you grow? I know this plant the name of Encyclia prismatocarpa, but the last classification was Prosthechea prismatocarpa and had already been called Epidendrum prismatocarpum
 
pretty plant has changed its name again? How much is the year you grow? I know this plant the name of Encyclia prismatocarpa, but the last classification was Prosthechea prismatocarpa and had already been called Epidendrum prismatocarpum

It depends on whose classification you accept, not just when they named it. Higgins 1997 took many former Encyclia and related plants and merged them into Prosthechea. Kew Gardens and Royal Horticultural Society accept this classification.

Withner 2004 either ignored or rejected Higgins 1997 broad concept of Prosthechea and splits the species up among Anacheilium, Panarica, Euchile, Prosthechea, etc.

Being more recent doesn't necessarily make Withner 2004 correct unless it comes to be more widely accepted. They don't disagree on the relationships between species, just on where to draw the line between genera.

RHS gets to choose what name is official for hybrid registration, so unless you want to deal with a species and its hybrids using different genera, Prosthechea is easier but Panarica isn't necessarily wrong.

It is a very impressive specimen no matter what name you prefer.
 

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