Paphiopedilum moquetteanum var. Gunung Agung

[Hakone]

photo from friend (Singaraja)

 

[Shiva]

Super nice!

 

[W. Beetus]

Nice hair on the petals. Stunning!

 

[SlipperFan]

Is this one also a case which should be Paphiopedilum moquetteanum 'Gunung Agung'?

 

[SlipperKing]

Nice but where is this varity name coming from?

 

[Hakone]

Nice but where is this varity name coming from?

from my friend

 

[Ricky]

from my friend

Perhaps you should tell your friend the difference between var, forma and clonal name. Something that even a hobbyist should know.

Or did your friend collect all these vars you showed us in the wild from stable populations?

 

[biothanasis]

Nice!

 

[Howzat]

Nice but where is this varity name coming from?

Hakone's friend is from Singaraja as quoted above, a town on the northern part of Bali. "Gunung Agung" means Mount Agung, an active volcanic mountain in Bali.

 

[NYEric]

It is still not an accepted variety, it is only the area where it is located.

 

[Howzat]

It is still not an accepted variety, it is only the area where it is located.

I agree with you. Mr Hakone confuses the rules of Nomenclature. Any forma or Variety must be described in a recognisable orchid journal and should show some differences in its structural attributes. He can give it a clonal name (with a '--------') which belongs to this particular plant. Paph mocquetteanum's habitat stretched from Bali to west Java. And I wonder why he was so secretive where the plant came from, when asked.