Paph. burkii

[swamprad]

I recently purchased a plant labelled Paph. burkii. I can't find anything on the net about this species, but I bought it from a very reputable person. Any ideas what this might be?

Thanks!

 

[Candace]

There's a registered hybrid Paph. Burki which is emersonii x Armeni White. I would guess this is what you have.

 

[Roy]

Paph burkii is another name for P. callosum fma Sublaeve or similar. As I check the web, there is no recognised Paph species by that name alone.

 

[kentuckiense]

Paph burkii is another name for P. callosum fma Sublaeve or similar. As I check the web, there is no recognised Paph species by that name alone.

That's birkii, I believe.

swamprad, can you tell us about the leaves?

 

[Roy]

That's birkii, I believe.

Using Swamprads plant name is as Candace posted, with one i removed from name is correct. Given that Swamprad wrote the name in lower case it could have been the species birkii with incorrect spelling.
If Paph birkii, my post applies. Depends on who's spelling is correct.

 

[ORG]

The name with a picture was published as Paphiopedilum birkii by Lance BIRK 1983 in ‘The Paphiopedilum Growers Manual’: 103;1983. It is a nomen nudum because there was never published a correct name and description.
Also Dr. Jack Fowlie used the name 1984 in The orchid digest without a description.
There are no differences to Paph. callosum var. sublaeve.

Best greetings

Olaf

 

[swamprad]

That's birkii, I believe.

swamprad, can you tell us about the leaves?

They are tesselated, not plain green.

Thanks for all the great insight!!