P
paphjoint
Guest
THis plant is labeled praestans - but according to Cribb there's no such thing as praestans -- so glanduliferum is ok with me too -- don't think the plant cares.
Last edited by a moderator:
How do you think it is altered?Is my monitor screwed up, or the 1st photo altered!? I have a plant I bought as glanduliferum and so many people chirped in that I still don't know exactly what it is! :crazy: So, I'll continue to call it what the vendor, who should know what it is, labeled it.
I will take a pic of wilhelminiae, it exists, and is about the size of paph helenae when it blooms. As for glanduliferum, they arsupposed to come from Obi Islands only, may be a geographic variant or a completely new species. No one ever went again to that place so far, but it is quite far from the PNG islands where the "praestans" are found, so we cannot rule out that it is really a distinct species.
I think when he refers to wilhelm "not existing" he's referring to Jo Levey's and Dr. Garay's comment that "true" wilhelm does not exist in any USA collections, and all plants considered as wilhelm are actually gardeneri (which I think I read is the species obtained from Obi or some other obscure Island source around PNG). Dr. Garay's main descriptor for wilhelm is that the petals are flat and not twisted. I have yet to see any mature flower from this complex that did not have spiral twisted petals, so I don't think a flower of Garay's description exists (except in a museum).
No, for Obi island I was discussing glanduliferum, which to my mind is definitely something different ( slightly, or heavily). Another disturbing thing is that apparently according to Blume notes it is epiphytic ( like lowii...), check the painting ( very beautiful one) in the Rumphia...
wilhelminiae, I have seen some praestans plants with straight, untwisted petals, an no warts in a private collection in Surabaya 2 years ago... so definitely it can exist. I have 2 plants in spike of wilhelminiae ( supposedly) that are 10 cm leafspan, not even, and very clumpy.
Enter your email address to join: