Hi, At the Pacific Orchid Exposition in San Francisco last weekend, I photographed this stunning smaller-flowered Ida species. There were two vendors in the show with the plant and they both call it Ida portillae.
I cannot find that species listed in either the IPNI or Mobot plant databases online. It is also not shown in Oakley's Ida article in The Orchid Digest vol. 67(1). Is this a relatively new species? Can anyone shed any light on where I might where the species was described? Is it completely misidentified?(something I doubt, as both vendors exhibiting it are known for paying close attention to the taxonomy of species in their collections.) Here is my photograph of this Ida species: http://www.orchidphotos.org/images/orchids/temp/Ida.jpg Any comments would be most appreciated. Thanks, -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005 _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
