Enquiry from: "Eric Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] Cymbidium dayanum dark red form - varietal/clonal name?
Dear Eric, This is definitely the red form of Cymbidium dayanum. At one stage it was known as Cymbidium angustifolium - a name coined by Ames & Schweinfurth. This form occurs principally in Borneo, although the plants seen down the Malay Peninsula exhibit more red than the more northerly populations, and the plants of the Philippines. Because of this continual variation over the distribution, it seems to be impossible to decide where one variety would stop and the next start, and for this reason, this form has not been given a varietal/subspecific/form name. Lovely picture, I have found it difficult to photograph well, probably because auto-focus has a problem reading dark red. Regards, greig russell "Valhalla", Osborne Lane, 7975 KOMMETJIE, Western Cape. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. 021 783 3962 http://www.geocities.com/pennypoint9/ PASSION IS THE ONLY REASON _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
