Spathoglottis philippinensis Lubag-Arquiza

[mark angelo pagdato]

Wow!!!!!!!!!
very beautiful species,,,, , im little bit crazy of yellow colored Spaths
like Spa. Kimballiana which i successfully propagated since College days.
how i wish, i could have that in the future....

[mr. suarez]

Hi Amihan,

I happen to have a copy of your protologue for both Spathoglottis palawanensis and S. philippinensis, and would like to ask where exactly do they differ from one another? Looking at the photos supplied on the protologue, the most obvious difference lies in the colouration of the sidelobes- they are heavily masked in red in S. philippinensis while the red is very much reduced in S. palawanensis. From the description, I noted that the measurements given for vegetative and floral parts of both taxon show overlap. Indeed, it would seem that they can be separated only by their flower diameter (4.5 cm for S. palawanensis vs. 3.9 cm for S. philippinensis), the colouration of the sidelobes and provenance (S. palawanensis is from Palawan, while S. philippinensis is from Panay, I believe).

Have there been stable morphological differences observed after their description was published that would make the distinction between the two more clear-cut?

Cheers,
Wally

[mark angelo pagdato]

Hello Wally,

Can you share some photo of this Spa. palawanensis for me, I have this excitement to see the morpho. and floral variation
of these newly identified species of Spath. in the Philippines, these characteristics i observe is also near to the characteristics of
Spa. Kimballiana var. antiquensis that is also coming from Panay Islands.

Truly,
Mark

[mr. suarez]

Hi Mark,

I think it would be better if we let Ms. Amihan do the posting for us

In the meantime, you can use your imagination: Spathoglottis palawanensis is (to me) identical in floral appearance to S. philippinensis except that on the sidelobes there's just some hint of red.

Wally