good video. Precise, to the point. Not too much speculation about what temperatures they need which I like about Florida growers. You guys get it done without providing the extreme temperatures other growers tend to think their orchids need just because you don't have a choice. But the results Florida growers get in your natural environment is really envious and what I try to replicate most of the time. I personally believe there is a difference between the aggregatum and the linleyii. They were classified together like 100 years ago so information can get lost over time and it's hard to know if they are one and the same or if there was once a difference. I believe 100 years ago there was the species dendrobium aggregatum and the dendrobium aggregatum var majus. The dendrobium aggregatum var majus was reclassified as dendrobium linleyii. Then over time the dendrobium linleyii was known as the same as the dendrobium aggregatum. The species were most likely even crossed with each other at some point and people interchange the name all the time making it very hard to know if there is any difference remaining, whether there ever was any difference at some point or whether they are really one and the same. I just know at one point taxonomists did define a dendrobium aggregatum and the dendrobium aggregatum var majus being a slight variation. So if they had two variations back when they were first named, what happened in the period when the names were reclassified? Now all we have is aggregatum = lindleyii. Just one. I know I am the only one that thinks they might be different. It is based on a bit of research which ultimately revealed only hints but no concrete information and pictures online which show a lighter yellow and a darker more orange form but with online pictures it could just be down to lighting and there is nothing to it. It's a shame if there was once two varieties and we only have the one interchangeably used name now but it really is just speculation on my part.
Thank you for watching and your kind words! To be honest, I've never given much thought to aggregatum var majus and any differences between it and the typical variety. I believe var majus just has a larger labellum, but now that I think about it, there does seem to be two different crops of lindleyi that bloom a month or so apart from one another. Some lindleyi bloom in March while some seem to bloom in early May. I'm not sure if this is indicative of separate variety status, but I believe your assumption that the two would likely have been bred together muddying the genetic waters up, so to speak, if there really is a definite difference between tipo and var majus. Interesting viewpoint, and unfortunately, I don't have a better explanation for you, though I wish I did.
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good video. Precise, to the point. Not too much speculation about what temperatures they need which I like about Florida growers. You guys get it done without providing the extreme temperatures other growers tend to think their orchids need just because you don't have a choice. But the results Florida growers get in your natural environment is really envious and what I try to replicate most of the time. I personally believe there is a difference between the aggregatum and the linleyii. They were classified together like 100 years ago so information can get lost over time and it's hard to know if they are one and the same or if there was once a difference. I believe 100 years ago there was the species dendrobium aggregatum and the dendrobium aggregatum var majus. The dendrobium aggregatum var majus was reclassified as dendrobium linleyii. Then over time the dendrobium linleyii was known as the same as the dendrobium aggregatum. The species were most likely even crossed with each other at some point and people interchange the name all the time making it very hard to know if there is any difference remaining, whether there ever was any difference at some point or whether they are really one and the same. I just know at one point taxonomists did define a dendrobium aggregatum and the dendrobium aggregatum var majus being a slight variation. So if they had two variations back when they were first named, what happened in the period when the names were reclassified? Now all we have is aggregatum = lindleyii. Just one. I know I am the only one that thinks they might be different. It is based on a bit of research which ultimately revealed only hints but no concrete information and pictures online which show a lighter yellow and a darker more orange form but with online pictures it could just be down to lighting and there is nothing to it. It's a shame if there was once two varieties and we only have the one interchangeably used name now but it really is just speculation on my part.
Thank you for watching and your kind words! To be honest, I've never given much thought to aggregatum var majus and any differences between it and the typical variety. I believe var majus just has a larger labellum, but now that I think about it, there does seem to be two different crops of lindleyi that bloom a month or so apart from one another. Some lindleyi bloom in March while some seem to bloom in early May. I'm not sure if this is indicative of separate variety status, but I believe your assumption that the two would likely have been bred together muddying the genetic waters up, so to speak, if there really is a definite difference between tipo and var majus. Interesting viewpoint, and unfortunately, I don't have a better explanation for you, though I wish I did.
Great video! I do confuse the two and I'm sure other do as well so the explanation and separation of the two is really needed!! Awesome!
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