Angraecum elefantinum

I can laugh at that, Diego.

 

Pum whaxavo je didoaxa Vaxalni. Pum whaxavo jovol ovon whoaxald eb lutonfulgiaxanum. Dolhaxaps 100. Floozo vidd fo axafro te skow semo ridd en zis?

 

HI ANNABELLE!

 

Floozo. What a great word.

 

Pum revo zaxat kiffolisk slaxansraxatel.

 

Eh, whorr yoaxa. Dit dis pit ret eb bun. pi ug kot axawosemo jod welds riko breeze.

 

Marni, is it really irony? I only can laugh at your last comment! This is an "American" forum and American speak English. I don't care if it is "Queen's English" or American English as long as it is English. If I join a Swedish forum, I will not post in English because it is RUDE if I do that!
Let me give you a scenarios here--six people are having a conversation and all of them are speaking English, but suddenly two of them are talking to each other in other language and the other four don't understand what these two are talking about. How do you feel about that if you are one of the other four who only speak English?

Magnus, I can see your point there. Sorry about the mess that I made on your thread.

***This will be my last post on this matter.

 

Yes...I hate it when people start talking in another language amongst themselves such that I cannot eavesdrop. I also hate it when people pass notes to each other. Jesus...don't they realize it is my RIGHT to know what they're saying to each other??? :bang: The fact that this nonsense is on an Ang thread sickens me. C'est tres stupide. Oops!

"Eh, whorr yoaxa. Dit dis pit ret eb bun. pi ug kot axawosemo jod welds riko breeze. "
Hey! Don't try to get me involved in your polyglotinous rabble-rousing, punk!

Marni, I think that question is the source of lots of confusion and frustration. It is my understanding that didieri looks more clumpish with less space between leaves and whiter flowers. Elephantinum begins more green and turns white and the leaves are more widely spaced on the stem. The books mention some vague differences in leaf width if I recall correctly but I found trying to take measurements of little help. I believe rutenbergianum to have thinner roots than either of the other two. I think it grows at a higher altitude and in more exposed locations and is thus more 'stunted' in appearance. I also don't think I would be too far off in saying that didieri is more warmish, elephantinum more intermediate, and ruten. more cool. All of that is a mixture of speculation, vague recollections, and perhaps outright fantasy! Stewart doesn't seem to think elephantinum is really out there much and we probably all have didieri or even hybrids with improper tags. Alas...

 

I still think that is is WONDERFUL that this forum has members sharing information from all over the world. In whatever language they can. We can try to figure out what it means, in our language. That is our issue, not theirs.

 

There seems to be a lot of small angaecums that are really beautiful. Do you know any european growers that have a good supply??

 

Please do so.. Thanks.

 

I believe it was Hillerman who said that the name elephantinum comes from the appearance of the roots. The velamen, more specifically, which looks like elephant skin. Of course by that logic there are probably dozens of Angs that should be called elephantinum.