This sounds like typical C. ovalis to me. What do you mean by performance? Floriferousness? Continuity of flowering? Density of growth? Sexually, I find C. ovalis much more tolerant of pollinaria from a variety of other species representing different Sections within the genus. There are few differences between C. ovalis and C. fimbriata, other than allometric development of structures, which is a large part of the reasoning from Pelser, Gravendeel & de Vogel (2000, Blumea 45: 253) treating most species as variants of one theme and their names [other than C. triplicatula] as synonyms of C. fimbriata.
pj On Jan 1, 2008, at 5:58 AM, Oliver Sparrow wrote: > > I have several of these growing under a range of conditions. Every > one of them > looks a mess. The habit is tangled, the leaves die over several > years from the > tip; the flowers underperform C. fimbriata, which is usually out at > the same > time. Is this my poor husbandry, or is it what gardeners call an > 'untidy > grower'? > > Re. preserving flowers, if the query only covers one or two > "trophy" blooms, > consider setting them in a block of clear methyl methacrylate. You > see paper > weights and the like in this form, and one can (could?) buy a kit - > monomer, > catalyst, mold - from most hobby and toy shops. > ______________________________ > > Oliver Sparrow > +44 (0)1628 823187 > www.chforum.org > > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
