Dear Ogd's I am doing research with Cirrhopetalum and have a question for you all. Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum Rchb.f 1881 is said by Seidenfadden in Notes on Cirrhopetalum 1973 to not be related to Bulbophyllum abbreviatum Schlechter 1924 and cites "If Schlechter's plant from Madagascar proves to be a species another name will be required." Kew and W3Tropicos has Bulbophyllum abbreviatum [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1924 as a valid species and Bulbophyllum abbreviatum Rchb.f 1881 as a synonym. How is this possible, as Rchb f. wrote it up 42 some years earlier as both Bulbophyllum and Cirrhopetalum, that it becomes a basionym of Bulbophyllum abbreviatum [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1924? Where was the original Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum that Seidenfadden refers to from? Madagascar? Elsewhere? Any help would be appreciated. The Plant and flower in question are visible at www.orchidspecies.com/indexcattleyo.htm under Cirrhopetalum abbreviatum and is a photo atributed to Garay. IOSPE is ready to break 6100 species in 611 genera any day. Jay Pfahl Internet Orchid Speceis Photo Encyclopedia www.orchidspecies.com
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