lunatum

[dodidoki]

In bloom

 

[Djthomp28]

Nice color!

 

[Ozpaph]

i like that

 

[UweM]

Nice plant, but not a lunatum. I think it is purpurascens...

https://www.paphs.de/en/blog/paph-lunatum-no-its-paph-purpurascens-2

 

[Tom-DE]

Nice plant, but not a lunatum. I think it is purpurascens...

https://www.paphs.de/en/blog/paph-lunatum-no-its-paph-purpurascens-2

The plant, staminode and the dorsal markings all indicate this is a true lunatum...it is different than the photo that you linked...it is not purpurascent for sure.

 

[UweM]

This is the true lunatum....

https://www.paphs.de/en/species/240-lunatum


@Tom-DE: I know the parent plants of this purpurascens and where the young plants were raised - even if it is not recognized by most taxonomists.... they call it javanicum or virens

https://www.paphs.de/en/blog/javanicum


and here purpurascens:

https://www.paphs.de/en/species/262-purpurascens



or virens:

https://www.paphs.de/en/species/303-virens

 

[Tom-DE]

This is the true lunatum....

https://www.paphs.de/en/species/240-lunatum


@Tom-DE: I know the parent plants of this purpurascens and where the young plants were raised - even if it is not recognized by most taxonomists.... they call it javanicum or virens

https://www.paphs.de/en/blog/javanicum


and here purpurascens:

https://www.paphs.de/en/species/262-purpurascens



or virens:

https://www.paphs.de/en/species/303-virens

You might be right...when I look closely, the markings on the staminode are suspicious and the pouch shape is questionable too...but I don't think it is 100% virens or purpurascens either. A profile photo might clear some of the questions...just my opinion.

 

[Hilmar]

hello, I got this as true lunatum. What do you people think?

 

[UweM]

Hilmar's plant is a true lunatum

 

[BrucherT]

It’s a very nice flower but these all look like javanicum to me. Of course I understand if they have different origins but it’s what I’m seeing.

 

[Hilmar]

for javanicum I have this...

 

[dodidoki]

It’s a very nice flower but these all look like javanicum to me. Of course I understand if they have different origins but it’s what I’m seeing.

I think so.

 

[BrucherT]

for javanicum I have this...

Beautiful. I think my javanicum originated with you? Of course I see differences here but there’s also a lot of similarity.

 

[Tom-DE]

Beautiful. I think my javanicum originated with you? Of course I see differences here but there’s also a lot of similarity.

They are very similar...P. javanicum is legal here in the U.S. but I am not sure about lunatum (pretty sure it isn't legal here yet since it is so new, but most likely it is in cultivation now here unintentionally illegally because of the similarity).

 

[DrLeslieEe]

It would be interesting to see the range of staminodes in a lunatum in a habitat study. But based on the papers linked, it may indeed not be a lunatum.

 

[UweM]

for javanicum I have this...

This is for me the purpurascens and not a virens.

https://www.paphs.de/en/blog/javanicum

 

[dodidoki]

Another pic about seed pod, it is striped at my plant....Both lunatum and virens has uniformly green...