On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:29:46 -0600, SuE wrote in
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:51:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ying Lee
Subject: Epi. Crystal Valley

Hi Larry,

I do not have the parentage, but you can look it up.
It's a mutation from cloning, so this batch every Epi. are
unique.

I still have quite a few of that clone.

Vic.

Epi Crystal Valley = Epi Star Valley X Epi radicans
Registered in 1994
Judged in Barbados 3/21/2003
Awarded AM/AOS( 83pts) clone C.T.Red. Star
Three hundred six rich red-fuchsia flowers and 157 buds on 16
beautifully presented inflorescences; lip heavily fimbriated, red
fuchsia with bright butter-yellow throat; substance firm; texture
glistening.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php


Thanks for the information, Sue.

There is another plant in the pot, along with the stripped one, that
is not striped, and seems to match the description in color (but
unfortunately not in floriferousness.

I wonder what could happen during cloning to cause a mutation like
this? I suppose, if single cells are to give rise to new plants, due
to the many divisions necessary, and the artificial environment,
conditions might be good for producing mutated plants.



With you depth of knowledge of things orchid, I wonder if you would be
able to provide a positive identification of the Epi in the attached
photographs?

This is pure white, waxy flowers, and very pleasantly fragrant (citrus
like) reed-stem that was sold to me by Bill Schneider of Countryside
Orchids as Epi. citrosumum.

Woodstream Orchids offers Epidendrum citrosmum, but the flowers in the
picture on their web site are quite different from those of the plant
that I have: http://www.woodstreamorchids.com/epi.html

The Epi. cirtosmum shown here is yet another quite different plant
with a similar name: http://www.orchidspecies.com/epicitrosma.htm

It would be useful to be certain of the name of this plant, as I'm
hopping to register a few crosses if I can figure out how to do it.