Hi Bill, Just to make it clear: I am not saying P. brasiliense is a synonym of P. vittatum, for I agree certainly it is not. I am just saying the watercolor number 1 on Pabst and Dungs' book is what we call P. vittatum around here.
Dalton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Bergstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Orchid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 1:43 AM Subject: [OGD] Fw: Phrag Brasiliense > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Bergstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 6:17 PM > Subject: Phrag Brasiliense > > > > Believe it or not, but all too many years ago I used to be one of the > > authorities on the Phragmipediums..Spoke all over the US and even wrote > > articles in the Orchid Digest...Days long gone I assure you...Now days the > > hybrid breeding is churning them out like postage stamps...BUT..since I > used > > to (when it was legal) collect them and saw the majority of the species in > > the wild...I can still make valid statements...Though there are some > > similarities...I can testify that Brasilense is NOT vittatum. I have seen > > many pictures from many sources lately (Thank you one and all) and I will > > not say that it is a species or not...but vittatum it aint...I remember > > buying the last fifty plants from Jorge Verboonen back in the eighties in > > Brazil...Easy to spot in bloom from yards away...and all those plants got > > distributed throughout the U.S. and were used to make various hybrids, I > am > > sure...So we have twenty years of possibilities here..Vittatum itself is > > quite rare...So not too many folks would be expected to easily recognize > it > > with out back up material...Bill Bergstrom > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. > Scan engine: VirusScan / Atualizado em 05/05/2004 / Versco: 1.5.2 > Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://www.emailprotegido.terra.com.br/ _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
