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(photo 23). When the flower opens, it has<br />

the straight segments of Cym. tortisepalum,<br />

but larger and with the attractive lip coloration<br />

of Cym. wenshanense. Alas, in many<br />

clones the sepals twist within a few days.<br />

Some clones, however, keep their sepals<br />

straight throughout the entire blooming.<br />

Holger Perner.<br />

3-11-9<strong>04</strong> Yingduhuayuan,<br />

Xinguang Rd. 8,<br />

Chengdu, Sichuan 610<strong>04</strong>1,<br />

China.<br />

holger_perner@hotmail.com<br />

References:<br />

ARDITTI, J., & A.D. KRIKORIAN (1996): Orchid micropropagation - the path from<br />

laboratory to commercialization and an account of several unappreciated investigators.<br />

Botanical <strong>Journal</strong> of the Linnean Society 122: 183-241.<br />

BERNARD, N (1899): Sur la germination du Neottia nidus-avis. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris<br />

128.<br />

BURGEFF, H. (1932): Saprophytismus und Symbiose. G. Fischer, Jena.<br />

CHANG, C., Y.C. CHEN & H.F. YEN (2005): Protocorm or rhizome? The morphology<br />

of seed germination in Cymbidium dayanum REICHB. Botanical Bulletin of Academia<br />

Sinica 46: 71-74.<br />

DU PUY, D., and P. CRIBB (2007): Cymbidium- A Monograph. Natural History Publications<br />

(Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.<br />

LUCKE, E. (2003): Phalaenopsis wilsonii als Beispiel der Entwicklung des Keimblatts bzw.<br />

Protokorms bei Orchideen der Tribus Vandeae. Die Orchidee 54-3: 337-339.<br />

RASSMUSSEN, H. (1995): Terrestrial orchids from seed to mycotrophic plant. Cambridge<br />

University Press, Cambridge.<br />

TAHARA, Mochimu (2001): Artificial Interspecific Hybrids of Oriental Cymbidium<br />

Species. In Proceedings of the 17th Asia Pacific Orchid Conference, Aichi, Nagoya, pp.<br />

165-167.<br />

ZIEGENSPECK, H. (1936): Orchidaceae. in KIRCHNER, O.v., E. LOEW & C.<br />

SCHRÖTER: Lebensgeschichte der Blütenpflanzen Mitteleuropas. Bd. I, Abt. 4. Ulmer,<br />

Stuttgart.<br />

http://www.independent.com/news/2007/mar/15/big-orchid/<br />

http://www.sdorchids.com/articles/cym_ens_article.htm<br />

Holger Perner and his wife Wenqing are the<br />

proprietors of Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology<br />

Ltd. (Hengduanbiotech.com.) They<br />

sell orchids and other plants, propagation<br />

media, laboratory materials and books. They<br />

lead Orchid and Plant tours of several regions<br />

of China in English, German, Japanese and<br />

Chinese. And they frequently travel abroad<br />

attending meetings and giving talks.<br />

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