Re.Mutt Pings and possible I.D.!

From: Loyd Wix (Loyd.Wix@unilever.com)
Date: Mon Aug 11 1997 - 05:17:37 PDT


Date: 11 Aug 1997 13:17:37 +0100
From: Loyd Wix <Loyd.Wix@unilever.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re.Mutt Pings and possible I.D.! 


          
          Hello Paul,
          
          regarding your tentative ID of your Pings, I would be very
          surprised if your plant is P.l.ssp.reichenbachiana. As you
          are in the Northern Hemisphere (I think) this plant would
          have flowered in the spring and certainly not at this time
          of the year when most European species are starting to form
          hibernacula.
          
          This species and also P.crystallina are not widely grown
          plants and comparatively few CPers specialise in these
          European plants. They are not the easiest of plants to keep
          alive unless you are able to cater for their requirements,
          so I would not have thought you would find them at your
          local garden centre or general store. Your plants are
          probably Mexicans, perhaps as Jan suggested one of the
          relatively common species such as P.agnata or possibly a
          hybrid involving this species. I have grown many hybrids
          involving P.agnata (e.g. P.agnata X P.hemiepiphytica,
          P.agnata X P.zecherii) these tend to have the white throated
          flowers often with a yellow patch and darker colouration to
          the edges of the petals.
          
          If possible take some photographs of your plants I am sure
          many on the list would help you ID them. However if they are
          hybrids it will be impossible to be absolutely sure of the
          parents.
          
          Kind regards
          
          Loyd



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