Species are definitely easier than hybrids (not necessarily easy), and as I
am not a big one on dens, I cannot comment.

I guess I was thinking mostly in terms of phals. Within any one species -
some are more definitive than others - there can be wide leaves or long,
narrow ones, for example. And size often of little value, I've seen Phal.
gigantea blooming with 12" leaves and 24+" leaves...

Let me also add that (for me, at least) the images at that site didn't
provide all THAT much to go by. Comparing plants first-hand is obviously
better.

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"Dave Gillingham" wrote in message
news
Ray, I agree to an extent, but my special interest is species Dens of
the Aussie variety (as you have probably heard me say ad nauseam).
Growth habit can frequently be a big help in narrowing down an id at
least.

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:56:29 -0400, "Ray"
wrote:

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.

Dave Gillingham
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