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July 13, 2014

Cymbidium canaliculatum









Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 331 (1810).

This name is accepted.

award 20142176, Pacific South
Cymbidium canaliculatum, award 20142176, has been confirmed to be  Cymbidium canaliculatum forma barrettii by SITF (August 2014)

corrected---
Cymbidium canaliculatum, award 20142176, has been confirmed to be Cymbidium canaliculatum forma viridiflorum by SITF (Feb 2016)
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3 comments:

Quiet said...

Looking at the original article by W H Nicholls in the Australian Orchid Review, 7, 3 p40, 1942 the Cymbidium canaliculatum forma barrettii is described as the base of the sepals being marked "red". To accompany the text there is a diagram showing this "new at the time" form on page 38. The diagram shows the position of the "red" markings.

If the plant shown here for identification is an album (no red/purple pigmentation) form of the species then I believe it is actually Cymbidium canaliculatum f. viridiflorum D.P.Banks, Austral. Orchid Rev. 77(4): 25 (2012).

January 28, 2016 at 3:04 AM
Patricia Harding said...

actually what it says (1942)...similar in form to the type, but in colour, wholly pale greenish-yellow, the labellum white. In some flowers the outer segments are markered...

January 29, 2016 at 10:30 AM
Quiet said...

Thank you Patricia,

You're quite right. Stated in the description there is "one" plant and that some of the flowers are marked red. This precludes it from being an "albino". Below at the link is the drawing that accompanies the description of Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii, Australian Orchid Review, 7, 3 p38, 1942. I've noticed that some authors don't mention the drawing in this issue of AOR but go on to discuss the similar "unlabelled" drawing in W. H. Nicholls, The Complete Edition of Orchids of Australia. It makes my wonder if some copies of that issue of AOR are missing that plate or if because of the cluttered nature of the plate they have missed it.
But there is no doubt that Nicholls didn't describe and publish an "albino" Cym canaliculatum.

Regards, Mick Talbot

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January 30, 2016 at 4:10 AM

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