Luisia

[delphiguy]

My Luisia teretefolia is in bloom again. and this time it has a company, another
luisia... The first 2 pics are of the teretefolia the last one is a newly acquired
one... is it the same or a different one?

[lanhua]

Randy, it's strange, according to Kew list Luisia teretifoliais a synonym to Luisia teres. Is your plant stem arching or upright? Never the less pretty flowers. I like this genus.

[PhilsDC]

Hi Mietek,

These are the synonyms of this plant:

Luisia beccarii Rchb.f 1886
Luisia brachystachys Bl. var flaviola Par & Rchb.f ?
Luisia truncata Blatt. & McCann 1932
Luisia macrocarpa Schltr. 1921
Luisia tristis [Forst.] O.Ktze. 1890
Luisia platyglossa Rchb.f 1863
Luisia valida Rchb.f. 1862
Luisia occidentalis Lindl. 1853
Luisia zeylandica Lindley 1853
Luisia burmanica Lindl. 1853
Cymbidium tenuifolium Wight 1852
Trichorhiza teretifolia (Gaudich.) Lindl. ex Steud. 1841
Cymbidium triste [Forst.] Roxb. 1832
Luisia teretifolia Gaud. 1828 - validly published name
Epidendrum triste G. Forst. 1786

Luisia teres is indigenous to Guangxi, Southern Yunnan and Southern Sichuan China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Korea and Japan.
Luisia teretifolia is indigenous to Malesia, Australasia - Oceania, Indochina, and Indian Subcontinent.

Anyway. Whatever they are, what we need is we collect them that are different to our beautiful sight...

Cheers.

[delphiguy]

Decoy
Do you think both of them are teretifolia? I asked because the coloration/markings seems to be different. But the foliage looks the same.

Mietek
both plants are arching.

[jimec]

I think you can safely say both your plants are the same species. A little colour variation does not make different species.

Jim Cootes
Author
The Orchids of the Philippines
Times Editions, Singapoe, 2001

[delphiguy]

Thanks Jim, thats what I thought.

[delphiguy]

Thanks Jim, thats what I thought.

[lanhua]

Randy could you post a picture of habitus? I would like to compare to my plant. Thanks

[delphiguy]

Mietek
Sorry for my ignorance but what does "habitus" means?

[lanhua]

Randy, sorry it's my ignorance. Habitus means, a general view of the plant.