this was a topic today within my online orchid group , i bought this from a Peruvian hobbyist/collector as cycnoches peruvianum, all was good, plant was going great , and when plant bloomed i found out it was not a peruvianum , after researching a bit in the net, i ended up thinking this was a Cyg Haagii. wrong again.
Alexis Pardo, a worldwide expert in catasetinae, expressed his doubts about this plant being a cyg haagii, he asked other expert in this case he went to George Carr , and concluded that this plant is without doubt the lost peruvian orchid called cycnoches farnesworthianum, that was described in 2001 by Eric Christenson .
so i might be one of the very FEW people in the world that has this plant thriving in captivity? i dont know for sure. If that is the case i do plan to change that, and have the plant properly propagated. sadly i was not expecting this, and all the blooms i got on this rare jewel were males, next time will make seed pods, and send it to different people , including scientist in Peru for propagation. (i will even send a division , if needed)
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Credits :
drawings : Eric Christenson
paper : George Carr.
Pictures & cultivation : me
Antonio.
Rediscovered Cycnoches farnsworthianum (the lost cycnoches)
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