I do agree, that Secundino's plant is the same as what they show on their website as "Andean Fire". I am not ruling it out 100% that is what it is, it just looks off to me. For one, it is too light (too pink) for me, especially if you look at the staminodal shield, all the Andean Tears that I have seen (just do a google search) will be darker and more "reddish" colored, and always will have more red hairs on the staminodal shield. This one (and the one they show on their website) is almost all white, with just a few dark pink colored hairs. Even the shape of the staminodal shield is off, on the one that Secundino is showing the shield is more round in shape (compare it to the picture of Erythrone), which could come from it's schlimii background.
Also the background color of Andean Tears tends to be more "yellow" in color (look at Erythrones picture) This one (and the one they show on their website) has more of a "white" background. And finally most Andean Tears, have more of a "wavy" edge to the petals, this one does not have a wavy edge, and the petals seem more "rounded". That is why I believe there is some "schlimii" in the background. A similar cross that has schlimii, sargentianum and besseae in the background is Phrag. Elizabeth Castle.
Robert
You're certainly talking about Andean Fire, not Andean Tears, are'n t you?
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