Weedy thing

I'd saturate it with RoundUp as soon as possible, Jon. Better to be safe than sorry with these mangy things, I say. (If you don't have any RoundUp, send the weed to me, and I'll make sure to take care of the problem!)

 

Floozo's gonna have a stroke.

 

LOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!

 

Yup Round-Up. Those ugly flowers and its scragey vegitative appearance are just too painful to look at. Even the trashed wire on the basket is disturbing to look at.

 

Poor Mr B....

 

It's spectacular Jon!

 

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Just call it Angraecum nassersuxassii

 

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

nice plant as well

 

LOL!!

 

I think I've got a positive ID for it: Angraecum cultriforme as described on pages 81-82 of Angraecoid Orchids.

 

I measured the flower and it fits the description for Ang. cultriforme perfectly.

 

I appreciate your rant Jon, and I totally agree with you on the first issue. Flower size and quality can vary quite a bit depending on growing conditions and annual climate cycles on a single clone, not to mention variation within a single species.

Of course my measurements are taken from a stem cutting with a single flower, but I took time to read and compare the descriptions for all of the species described under the sections Conchoglossum, Angraecoides, Filiangis and Afrangraecum and the only two that came close to the plant I have in hand are Ang. cultriforme, Ang. stolzii and possibly Ang. firthii. The first two are both members of section Conchoglossum while the last is from Afrangraecum.

In the description for the section Conchglossum it says, "Some of the species are difficult to to distinguish from each other, particularly in Tanzania. Many of the species seem very close to some of those in section Angraecoides, which for convenience in this book we have reserved for the Madagascar and Mascarene species. Further study of the limits of both of these sections and the related section Filangis is needed." Ang. firthii belongs to the section Afrangraecum whose description includes this, "...some of which seem to be close to section Conchoglossum." To me this indicates that more detailed taxonomic study is needed. I am sure phylogenetic research would shed even greater light on this.

In the table below you can see how your clone seems to fit within what Stewart, Hermans, Campbell have down for Ang, cultriforme. Ang. stolzii description is remarkably similar differing by only 0.5-1.5mm in places, only lacking ligulate leaves. Ang. firthii is much larger in foliage, significantly larger in most of its floral parts and has a three-lobed lip.

I am not going by pictures on the web, because who is to say these have correct identifications. It's also worth mentioning that the book Angraecoid Orchids does not have pictures of the first two species.

 

The shape of the plant doesn't look like A.cultiforme!!??...and the spur is really different of what I've already seen....too short!!

I seems to be close to A.erectum and A.moandaense....

 

Ahh, isn't it fun?

You should go with something along the lines of Ang. sp. 'taxonomic headache'

 

I'm just now finding this post. Whatever the ID, that is an awesome plant, and an amazing specimen. Congrats on obviously great culture. Do you still have it?