OK, I see where you were going with that.

To some extent I agree, but pot culture versus mount culture CAN play a
role, and light, nutrition, and temperatures can definitely affect them.

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"Reka" wrote in message
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Ray wrote:
Did I miss something? I'm not sure what the real value is of that site.
Under my conditions, the plants may end up with different proportions,
and there is always the mounted versus potted variable.


Sure, but the plant habit (I mean habit in the botanical sense) is
generally the same for a species, isn't it? If you grow it mounted or
potted, the leaf shape, the roots, etc. will still be more or less the
same. Look at the Aerangis punctata picture. I mean, it is an obvious
example, but if it is potted, you are suggesting the roots won't be hairy
and flattened as they are on this mount? If you as an amateur have a
green plant, no blooms, no ID, it could be helpful to recognize it from
the pictures. Even an idea of the genera could help one to culture it
well enough that blooms might make it an exact ID possible. Or not?

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