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Marc
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The orchid nursery I visited last saturday had a nice Lycaste in full bloom.
Lycaste skinneri alba
Lycaste skinneri alba
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JeanLux
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very nice, large flowers, but the plants/ leaves get soo large!!! Jean
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Marc
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I saw that as well, but when looking at orchidspecies.com I noticed that the growing requirements regarding light and temperature have a lot of similarities with Paphs.
Might be nice to have some one day in the future when ( and if ......
) I have a greenhouse of my own.
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paphjoint
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Super plant but it doesn't look like a straight skinneri to me.
Something else in there,
David
Something else in there,
David
NYEric
Well-Known Member
Interesting lip!
petro
Well-Known Member
Definitely looks like a hybrid to me, but it's a stunning hybrid!
Paphman910
Well-Known Member
Beautiful flowers! Very healthy and I agree that it is some sort of hybrid.
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etex
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Awesome blooms and plant!! Thanks for showing us this gorgeous specimen!
John M
Orchid Addict
It's gorgeous! But, it's definitely not Lyc. skinneri. It could be an Angulocaste (Anguloa x Lycaste), or a Lycaste hybrid.
W. Beetus
Well-Known Member
Great display!
SlipperFan
Addicted
That makes sense. What Maxillaria could make such a big flower? But the flower does look a bit Max-ish!
John M
Orchid Addict
It looks to me to be a hybrid with one of the Sudamerlycastes. This genus was recently separated from Lycaste and mainly contains the old Lycaste section Fimbriatae. This flower looks a lot like it's got Sudamerlycaste (Lycaste), ciliata; or, a related species in it's background. I'm no Lycaste expert; but to me, it looks like Sudamerlycaste ciliata x Lycaste skinneri alba.
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Marc
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Thanks for the input so far, I can't recall the species name anymore but it clearly was labelled as Lycaste. There is always the chance that a grower has their plants mislabeleled.
SlipperFan
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That makes sense -- I didn't know that. Thanks, John.
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hchan
Guest
If John is right, then it could just be that it's an old label and maybe the nursery isn't aware yet of the reclassification.
Maxillaria confusa? I find some similarities and it could be in the background somewhere, along with an anguloa... In fact, is there any skinneri at all in there?
John M
Orchid Addict
Lycaste ciliata x skinneri = Lycaste Doug Kennedy. Here is a Lyc. Doug Kennedy.http://http://hybridorchid.la.coocan.jp/Lycaste/Lycaste%20Doug%20Kennedy/Lycaste%20Doug%20Kennedy.htm
If you assume that the anther cap is dark because it has been bumped in transit; or, has died and begun to rot because of high humidity...and you take into account that the photos were taken from different angles, these appear to be the same hybrid. Look at the shape of the lip and the callus on both. They are the same. The flower in this thread is of better show quality; but to me, they do appear to be the same hybrid.
An interesting note that I just discovered while I was researching this cross: As it happens, Lyc. Dough Kennedy was named after the Doug Kennedy who is a long-time member of SOOS, here in Toronto.
If you assume that the anther cap is dark because it has been bumped in transit; or, has died and begun to rot because of high humidity...and you take into account that the photos were taken from different angles, these appear to be the same hybrid. Look at the shape of the lip and the callus on both. They are the same. The flower in this thread is of better show quality; but to me, they do appear to be the same hybrid.
An interesting note that I just discovered while I was researching this cross: As it happens, Lyc. Dough Kennedy was named after the Doug Kennedy who is a long-time member of SOOS, here in Toronto.
