Lance Birk
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Every so often the question arises about the true identity of P. philippinese var. palawanense. I can offer this:
While I have not seen the published description, I can say that I think I was the first person to show photos of the type plant that is found on Palawan Island which I published in my original Paphiopedilum Grower's Manual on page 30. I also showed the plant in the 2nd edition of the manual published in 2004 on page 49. In each case I simply titled it: "P. philippinense from Palawan island."
That is not a legal description, but it is legal in the sense that this 'type' is the actual plant to which the epithet "palawanense" belongs. I know this because I went to Palawan in 1980 and collected a sackful of this type plant, an account of which I describe in detail in Chapter 1 in my new book The Last Orchid Hunter.
Incidentally, this type is certainly not a hybrid in any sense of the matter as they all bloomed out nearly identical. This confusion must come from the fact that the pouches and the staminodes are rather identical in P. randsii. P. philippinense and all its other varieties.
Now, if I can get the photo upload to work........I'll show the flowers..........if not you'll have to see either of my PGM books.
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While I have not seen the published description, I can say that I think I was the first person to show photos of the type plant that is found on Palawan Island which I published in my original Paphiopedilum Grower's Manual on page 30. I also showed the plant in the 2nd edition of the manual published in 2004 on page 49. In each case I simply titled it: "P. philippinense from Palawan island."
That is not a legal description, but it is legal in the sense that this 'type' is the actual plant to which the epithet "palawanense" belongs. I know this because I went to Palawan in 1980 and collected a sackful of this type plant, an account of which I describe in detail in Chapter 1 in my new book The Last Orchid Hunter.
Incidentally, this type is certainly not a hybrid in any sense of the matter as they all bloomed out nearly identical. This confusion must come from the fact that the pouches and the staminodes are rather identical in P. randsii. P. philippinense and all its other varieties.
Now, if I can get the photo upload to work........I'll show the flowers..........if not you'll have to see either of my PGM books.
Sorry, didn't work.
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