This was also my own immediate thought, but then I took a closer look at the description of var. laichaunum from "Die Orchidee" by Olaf Gruß and the three vietnamese gentlemen. They stress the resemblance of laichaunum with the typical form of villosum, but mentions a couple of distinct features, where they differ. My plant does not present these characteristica: it has not "shorter and narrower leaves", the synsepalum is not "large and broad" and not "larger than the lip". Maybe the form of the dorsal sepal might point more in the way of laichaunum, "circular, pointed, ... with wavy base", but not its colouring - only if you exchange brown with maroon in the description of laichaunum: "... without spots, and a dark brown centre fading to the tip".To me it seems to be more in the direction of P. villosum var. laichaunum ....
'P. villosum var. annamense', which it very clearly isn't - neither from colour, nor from form of the dorsal sepal.What does tag say?
...or between var. fusco-roseum mislabelled as annamense with var. laichaunum mislabelled as annamense?!What is the result of a cross made between var annamense and a var laichaunum miss labeled as annamense...
And how many of these variations are the result of crossing plants that were miss labeled? What is the result of a cross made between var annamense and a var laichaunum miss labeled as annamense...
This could be one explanation for there being so many variations in some of the above videos IMHO
The photos posted by Dr. Tanaka is actually from the article with the description, I quoted above - and I attach it below. I think the photo quality might be slightly better in the article:Treading lightly here, but I just found a helpful page for me:
Villosum photos
with photos of several named variations of villosum.
Thank you!The photos posted by Dr. Tanaka is actually from the article with the description, I quoted above - and I attach it below. I think the photo quality might be slightly better in the article:
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