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Post by canuk1w1 on Mar 24, 2014 9:09:39 GMT -5
Just got an email from a friend (and owner of my favorite garden center!). She took pictures of these in Costa Rica, not sure what species - my first guess is a Catt., but might also be a Encyclia, Lycaste or Masdevilla. I find it so cool to see these in their natural habitat. She said there are trees that make perfect hosts like this one, so you'll walk through the forest then see a tree like this one that's covered in orchids. She didn't say if she saw any CPs...
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Post by H2O on Mar 24, 2014 14:42:24 GMT -5
She would be pretty hard pressed to find CPs in Costa Rica haha
That's a Psychopsis species. If it's native it should be P. krameriana but that doesn't look like P. k. Closer to P. mariposa. Possibly an escaped cultivated plant as I'm not sure there are other species in the area.
There is a fair amount of confusion with the genus Psychopsis, especially in cultivation as people have hybridized similar species and continue to back cross them. They were one of the reasons I got into orchids!
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Post by canuk1w1 on Mar 24, 2014 14:57:18 GMT -5
Kewl, thanks!
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