22-Feb-2018
A new section of the genus
Paphiopedilum is proposed to accomodate the species
Paph. rungsuriyanum. This new section
Pumila is descriped by
Leonid V. Averyanov, Olaf Gruß and
Harold Koopowitz in an E-Paper publication of
Die Orchidee.
Source: www.orchidee.de
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the screen to go there.
Welcome (back).
The confusion surrounding the correct parentage of Phragmipedium ×grande/Grande
continues as a new article is published by Franco Pupulin and Melissa Díaz-Morales in the
scientific journal Phytotaxa.
Abstract of the article:
"The taxonomic history of Phragmipedium × grande is traced to show that its current treatment as the cross between P. longifolium
and P. humboldtii is untenable. According to our interpretation of the holotype and other materials prepared from specimens of the original
cross, the name Phragmipedium × grande, as well as its counterpart, the orchid grex Phragmipedium Grande, have to be treated
as the cross between P. longifolium and a species of sect. Phragmipedium from South America. The similarity of the flowers obtained
crossing P. longifolium with P. caudatum and with P. warszewiczianum prevents, at this stage, a definitive statement about the
original parentage of P. × grande, so it is advisable to treat it as the hybridizer originally stated, a cross of P. longifolium
with the pollen of P. caudatum. This nothospecies cannot be formed under natural conditions, as the geographic ranges of the parental
species do not overlap. The natural hybrid between Phragmipedium longifolium and P. humboldtii, previously reported from Panama and
recorded here for the first time from Costa Rica, is described as P. × talamancanum. Full illustrations of the new nothospecies are
provided."
The article can of course be found on the website of Phytotaxa (www.mapress.com/j/pt)
and I also found the article on the page of Franco Pupulin on the ResearchGate website
(www.researchgate.net/profile/Franco_Pupulin).
Further more new names have been added, including the latest published hybrids (excluding the genus Paphiopedilum).
The vast list of Paphiopedilum hybrids is still a work in progress.
Species' influence charts.
With the revision of this website that was uploaded on 08-Feb-2018 came a new feature. On the Ancestry tab of the data page of every hybrid, a pie
chart has been added that shows the percentage of influence of the species involved in the creation of the hybrid.
Recent monographs of slipper orchid genera.
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The Genus Phragmipedium.
Guido J. Braem, in collaboration with Eliseo Tesón & Sandra L. Öhlund
Published 2018 by Prof. Dr. Guido J. Braem. (English)
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Slipper Orchids of the Tropical Americas.
Phillip Cribb & Christopher Purver
Published 2017 by Natural History Publication and Orchid Digest in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
(English)
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The Genus Paphiopedilum. 2nd Edition.
Guido J. Braem, Guy Chiron & Sandra L. Öhlund
Published 2016 by Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
(English)
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Lateinamerikanische Frauenschuhe.
Olaf Gruß
Published 2014 by Orchideenzauber-Verlag.
(German)
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