watercolor sketches can be decisive in the determination of plant identity . The colors of these old drawings often were especially not believed . The colors and the shape of some varieties seem incredible to us , so the argument was brought forth that fading and color changed frequently through the decades in the drawer . It has been shown that if was such a rarity is “ rediscovered ,” the old color was correct . Reichenbach described addition species , but these are considered synonyms following H . R . Sweet ( 1980 ) as previously described species . Phal . alcicornis = Phal . sanderiana var . alba ( Veitch ) Stein Phal . brymeriana = Phal . intermedia var . portei Rchb . f . Phal . denticulata = Phal . pallens ( Lindl .) Rchb . f . Phal . gloriosa = Phal . amabilis ( L .) Blume Phal . foerstermannii = Phal . pallens ( Lindl .) Rchb . f .
Acknowledgments :
I especially want to thank Councilor Riedel , Dr . Polatschek of the Naturhistorische Museum in Vienna , and also Mr . Mick , chairman of the Austrian Orchid Society for the excellent help . Publication of the pictures with permission of Councilor Riedel by Naturhistorische Museum in Vienna , Austria .
Literature :
Christenson , E . A . 2001 . Phalaenopsis , a monograph , Timber Press ,
Oregon . Gruss , O . & M . Wolff . 1995 . Phalaenopsis , Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart . Gruss , O . & M . Wolff . 2008 . Phalaenopsis – schick , anmutig , blütenreich ; Ulmer Verlag , Stuttgart . Schlechter , R . 1989 . ‘ Zu Heinrich Gustav Reichenbachs 25 jährigem Todestage in ‘ Orchis ’ 1915 - Reprint in ‘ Die Orchidee ’ 40 ( 6 ), 191 ff ., 1989 . Sweet , H . R . 1980 . The Genus Phalaenopsis , Pomona , California .
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