Steve Topletz said: "I have seen sangii plants with greatly varying holotype in leaf color and mottle. Is there a way to distinguish an unflowered Paph sangii from Paph sangii f. ayubiianum?"
Steve, I'm not a Paphiopedilum expert (ancient or modern) but I am an expert on the orchids of Sulawesi. P. sangii is endemic to Sulawesi, and I'm one of an extremely small number of orchid-people who has ever seen this plant in the wild ... on several occasions in different locations, at that ! I was not aware that there is more than one form of the species. Your use of a latinized form of Mr Ayub's name implies that a variation exists that has been formally documented ... ie, published in a recognised journal with a voucher specimen lodged in a recognised herbarium. Would you please give details of the publication, author, and herbarium ? Peter O'Byrne Singapore PS .. "holotype" has a very specific meaning to botanists. Maybe you meant to use a different word ? _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
