Annual bud guessing game.

[The Mutant]

Very good Rick! You have 3 out of the four correct with one minor exception, no alba. Now which one is wrong?

My guess is mastersianum is wrong.

 

[SlipperKing]

My guess is mastersianum is wrong.

You are correct

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

...Well, apparently I am new to everything because I thought they were all the same plant. I think I need my eyes checked!

 

[SlipperFan]

I think they are all hairy caterpillars.

 

[The Mutant]

So these we know:

haynaldianum
volunteanum
vietnamense

The problem is that first one... Appletonianum or callosum? That's what I have in bud so it seems to be time for them here at least.

 

[SlipperKing]

Correct

 

[The Mutant]

Okay, I haven't seen you post any pictures of any appletonianum so I'll go with:

callosum
haynaldianum
volunteanum
vietnamense

 

[Rick]

Okay, I haven't seen you post any pictures of any appletonianum so I'll go with:

callosum
haynaldianum
volunteanum
vietnamense

I don't think the leaves are blotched enough in that first pic to be a callosum.

 

[Erythrone]

urbanianum for the 1rst?

 

[Hamlet]

I'd also say urbanianum for the first. Mine is in low bud and looks exactly like that.

 

[The Mutant]

urbanianum for the 1rst?

I'd also say urbanianum for the first. Mine is in low bud and looks exactly like that.

Check the first posts on the thread. Urbanianum have already been suggested. oke:

I agree that the leaves look more urbanianum than both callosum and/or appletonianum however...

 

[Hamlet]

Check the first posts on the thread. Urbanianum have already been suggested. oke:

I agree that the leaves look more urbanianum than both callosum and/or appletonianum however...

Oops! I hope mine is a real urbanianum then, I'm not the biggest fan of callosum.

 

[The Mutant]

Oops! I hope mine is a real urbanianum then, I'm not the biggest fan of callosum.

:wink:

It probably is. I've had two urbanianum and their foliage were very different. So it seems to vary a lot.

 

[Erythrone]

Check the first posts on the thread. Urbanianum have already been suggested. oke:

I agree that the leaves look more urbanianum than both callosum and/or appletonianum however...

Yes, I saw that... but I didn't see the answer "no.... it is not..." oke: It looks so much like the leaves of my urbanianum ...

 

[The Mutant]

Yes, I saw that... but I didn't see the answer "no.... it is not..." oke: It looks so much like the leaves of my urbanianum ...

Well, considering my epic guesses on the first page were the ones that were the closest, I assumed that the urbanianum was wrong. :rollhappy:

He's a bit cryptic, isn't he? The Gnomefather...

 

[SlipperKing]

Just took time to get a Pic of my urbanianum and the mystery plant. Urbanianum on the left and the larger leaf on the right is the budded plant. Very similar but my urbanianum is smaller overall.

Progress report (although slow...):

volonteanum

vietnamense

and haynaldianum

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for the update.

 

[SlipperKing]

You're welcome Eric and at this rate it might be mid- summer before I finalize this thread!

 

[troy]

lol.. keep us posted ,

 

[labskaus]

Since callosum and barbatum didn't trigger a reaction from Rick I guess: javanicum/virens is the missing species.