Hairy orchid....
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- Conchiolin
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Hairy orchid....
Hi guys i sucketh when it comes to plants, but i just love orchids. Found this orchid and would like to know the species name and what insect does it imitate.
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- Conchiolin
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The shiny metalic-blue pattern (known as speculum) at the centre of the lip (the whole black hairy structure) can vary a lot, so do not think they are all different species! On one extreme it could even lack the speculum, and on the other hand it could be a nice thick 'H shape' or 'horse shoe shape'.
Was it at Dingli ?
Was it at Dingli ?
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Well, i would also put as O. melitensis, but O.Danesch & E. Danesch have described this form as a new species. It has a low-positioned speculum which is rather large, reddish-brown hairs, lack of or minute basal swellings and maybe more important, the isometric results of the stigmatic cavity matched the description.
On the other and, there few other things that did not perfectly match, as in many cases of these new orchid descriptions. So I am still studying the plant but seems that it could reaaly be O. bertoloniformis !!
Compare here:
http://www.orchis.de/orchis/docs/d008.htm
On the other and, there few other things that did not perfectly match, as in many cases of these new orchid descriptions. So I am still studying the plant but seems that it could reaaly be O. bertoloniformis !!
Compare here:
http://www.orchis.de/orchis/docs/d008.htm
I do not know anything about this particular plant, but I think that this business of describing each tiny orchid variant as a distinct species seems to be getting out of hand (of course I am not referring to you mwp but to all these botanists coming up with orchid names)
I am sure that if this approach were to be taken with other 'less popular species', the number of plant species in the world would be increased considerably



I am sure that if this approach were to be taken with other 'less popular species', the number of plant species in the world would be increased considerably

I did not bother saying it, but my thoughts exactly.robcar wrote:I do not know anything about this particular plant, but I think that this business of describing each tiny orchid variant as a distinct species seems to be getting out of hand (of course I am not referring to you mwp but to all these botanists coming up with orchid names)![]()
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I am sure that if this approach were to be taken with other 'less popular species', the number of plant species in the world would be increased considerably
I am sure that some botanists see a different species even when they look in the mirror!!


RB