Re: I have an orchid...

Barry Meyers-Rice (barry@as.arizona.edu)
Thu, 6 May 93 15:11:52 MST

As did Bob, I got the impression from the cup-shaped comment that you
have a _Paphiopedilum_ (or however it's spelled). I have trouble
reconciling this with paddle shaped leaves, though, which suggest a
plant with pseudobulbs.

I think the best thing to do would be to look through *any* book on
how to grow orchids. Find out (from the info in that book) whether your
plant is sympodial or monopodial, and look through the pictures. One
*tremendous* problem about orchids is that not only can they hybridize
between species, but also can hybridize among genera! So hybrid generic
names are produced by concatenating the names, with some abbreviation.
(i.e. _Darlingtonia_ X _Sarracenia_ => Darlingsarracenia)

B