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Vanda nana

Discussion in 'Orchid Species' started by naoki, Jan 16, 2019.

  1. Jan 16, 2019 #1
    naoki

    naoki Well-Known Member

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    I got this as Ascocentrum pusillum (synonym) from Andy's Orchids last winter. First bloom for me. I'm keeping it at an intermediate temperature (about 75-85F/60-65F).

    Since there was no photos of this species in Wikimedia Commons, I uploaded the photos there, and checking if embedding to the forum works.

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    Chuck-NH

    Chuck-NH Well-Known Member

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    Great plant and photos Naoki. I ran into the nomenclature issue as well. Don’t know how to link an old posting, but you can check my posting on Nov 10, 2017. FYI, I have been growing cool and bright with no issues. Plant in photo last year had 3 inflorescences this year.
     
  3. Jan 16, 2019 #3
    naoki

    naoki Well-Known Member

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    Chuck, I found your post here (link). You can make URL link like this with the URL tag:
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    [url=https://www.orchidsforum.com/threads/ascocentrum-pusillum.19315/#post-131935]some text to appear as a link[/url]
    It is interesting that it can grow cool. IOSPE says that A. pumilum comes from a bit higher elevation (1000-2000m), but they just said that V. nana is from "warm" area without mentioning the elevation. So I just kept it in a warmer area.

    The taxonomy of this group is quite confusing, but Wikimedia follows Kew's monocot checklist, so I went with Vanda. From the phylogeny in this paper, it seems to be more reasonable to keep Ascocentrum by including Christensonia and Seidenfadenia (and moving out a couple of misclassified Ascocentrum such as A. pusillum, which is closer to Holcoglossum). But I haven't learned well enough about this group.
     
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