Six cupped flowers and one bud on 7 inflorescences coming from the leaf axial; sepals and petals translucent pale yellow; sepals with three darker yellow veins; petals with darker yellow midrib; lip yellow, darker yellow-orange on proximal central one half; column pale yellow, anther cap white blushed very pale yellow; ovary dark green, 0.1cm wide x 0.15 cm long; substance good; texture crystalline; species from Venezuela; ID by SIFT ___________.



This actual plant was sent to Mark Wilson in Colorado for his opinion on the ID. His email to me follows:



Bryon:

Yes, that is P. discoidea - very nice!!! Please could you preserve a few flowers for me in 70% ethanol (did I remember to say thanks for sending the P. aff. imperialis flowers - if I forgot that too, please accept my belated thanks). At some point I need to write something about distinguishing P. discoidea and P. isthmica and some related new species so flowers would be helpful since I don't grow that species.



Dr. Mark Wilson

Dept. of Organismal Biology and Ecology

Colorado College

14 East Cache La Poudre

Colorado Springs

CO 80903

U.S.A.



Cell/mobile:

U.S. 719-321-6293

U.K. 23-8168-0164