Date: 11 Aug 1997 13:17:37 +0100 From: Loyd Wix <Loyd.Wix@unilever.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3043$foo@default> Subject: Re.Mutt Pings and possible I.D.!
Hello Paul,
regarding your tentative ID of your Pings, I would be very
surprised if your plant is P.l.ssp.reichenbachiana. As you
are in the Northern Hemisphere (I think) this plant would
have flowered in the spring and certainly not at this time
of the year when most European species are starting to form
hibernacula.
This species and also P.crystallina are not widely grown
plants and comparatively few CPers specialise in these
European plants. They are not the easiest of plants to keep
alive unless you are able to cater for their requirements,
so I would not have thought you would find them at your
local garden centre or general store. Your plants are
probably Mexicans, perhaps as Jan suggested one of the
relatively common species such as P.agnata or possibly a
hybrid involving this species. I have grown many hybrids
involving P.agnata (e.g. P.agnata X P.hemiepiphytica,
P.agnata X P.zecherii) these tend to have the white throated
flowers often with a yellow patch and darker colouration to
the edges of the petals.
If possible take some photographs of your plants I am sure
many on the list would help you ID them. However if they are
hybrids it will be impossible to be absolutely sure of the
parents.
Kind regards
Loyd
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