There were two active masd. hybridisers in Vic. (now one) Kathy. Both used
M. yungasensis a lot to create the striped mazzies!
If buying thelychitons, I'd stick to those bred from the renowned cultivars.
Some of the thelys can be rank compared with the pedegree bred ones.
Anything with "Daylight Moon"; "Windermere" "Mt Larcom Gold" and certain
others should be good. Other factors to consider inc: The big yellow
grandiflorum forms are magnificent, but may take 20 years to bloom; For a
quicker grower - to blooming size, either curvicaule type or pendunculatum,
takes half the time or less to bloom - I'm not sure which one it is. Dave or
John may know?



"K Barrett" wrote in message
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I'm continually amazed at the differences between the orchid types they
have in Australia vs what we have here in the US. They have Australian
natives, dends and cymbidiums. We have those plus just about everything
else. But the types of 'other' orchids, for example their masdevallias,
are different from the masds we have here, too. Sure Peter shows some
Falcatas, but beyond those, their tables usually show stripes and spots
that we don't have here. You'd think there'd be trade routes between us
and them, since we do import from Thailand and SE Asia, but not a lot from
Aus/NZ. Weird.

K

"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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What a show, Peter. Eye candy, for sure.

Diana