At the time of Barbosa Rodriges, the spelling of Minas Gerais, was Minas Geraes. Brazilian Portuguese was revised in 1943 and many spellings changed at the time. Among many other changes "ph", "y" and "ll" were removed from Portuguese then.
There are many species also called "geraensis" what refers to Minas Gerais too.
There is a mistake in Kew indeed. That one's supposed to be. C bicolor subsp. minasgeraensis.
Dalton
At 11:51 19/10/2006, you wrote:
In a message dated 10/19/06 6:03:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't like the large Sophronitis concept and keep them separated. Sophronitis purpurata aches in my ears!
Me too, although my amateur opinion does not count. I understood this swollen Sophronitis is a temporary expedient until the taxonomists finally decide where the Brazilian "Laelias" really belong.
I'm puzzled about a spelling problem. There is a state of Brazil called Minas Geraes (General Mines) which is famous for orchids. There is a subspecies of Cattleya bicolor that they spell minasgaerensis. I should think it would be spelled minasgeraensis or minasgeraeensis. I asked Govaerts about this but haven't received an answer.
Iris
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