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The newly discovered Phragmipedium
NO.2 Phrag. christiansenianum
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A new species of Phragmipedium was described by Mr. Olaf Gruss in Die Orchidee, 52(1):76,2001.
Introduced from Columbia over 10 years abd classified as Phragmipedium lomgifolium, some of the specimens had a different appearance and different flowers. Hans Chritiansen propergated the species, which was thought to be a natural hybrid of Himantopetalum and Longifolium, form seed. The progeny was identical to the parent plants and to each other, thus the theory of it being a hybrid was disproved, and it is intact a new species.
Phragmipedium christiansenianum
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