Well, my pink form rhodocheila (what Eric Christenson now calls H. ericmichaelii) is opening. I can see some definite differences between the flower forms, the general carriage of the plant, the foliage, etc. My question is this: if the pink form of H. rhodocheila was the basis for the description of the species and the orange form discovered later (or perhaps lumped later into H. rhodocheila), is it proper to separate out the type form into a new species and leave the orange form in the original species, especially considering the fact that the rose-lipped form is more appropriate to the specific epithet?
I would think just the obverse to be more appropriate...put the orange form into its own species and leave the rose-lipped form in the species in which it was originally described. Whatever the case, as my rose-lipped form finishes opening, I will photograph and chronicle the differences between the two. ---Prem www.premdesign.com
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