Odontoglossum crispum: a tale of love, loss and scientific discovery
This is the story of Odontoglossum crispum (Oncidium alexandrae) (Bateman) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, from the 19th century to the present day. It is a love story because Odontoglossum crispum was considered by many to be the most beautiful of all orchid species. It was collected by the hundr...
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LANKESTERIANA581442023-12-29T18:59:06Z Odontoglossum crispum: a tale of love, loss and scientific discovery Odontoglossum crispum: a tale of love, loss and scientific discovery Seaton, Philip T. conservation history mycorrhiza orchid hunters scrapbooks seed germination This is the story of Odontoglossum crispum (Oncidium alexandrae), from the 19th century to the present day. It is a love story because Odontoglossum crispum was considered by many to be the most beautiful of all orchid species. It was collected by the hundreds of thousands from the cloud forests of its native Colombia and exported to Britain, the rest of Europe and the USA. Vast numbers were lost in transit. When they arrived many perished due to a lack of understanding of its needs in cultivation. Only the ‘best’ forms were grown, and the remainder discarded. Today much of its native habitat has either disappeared or been despoiled due to human actions. Few plants remain in cultivation in the UK. It was one of the first species to be grown commercially from seed, most notably in the UK by Charlesworth & Co., following the scientific discovery by Noël Bernard that orchid seeds required the participation of a suitable fungus to germinate under natural conditions. This is the story of Odontoglossum crispum (Oncidium alexandrae) (Bateman) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, from the 19th century to the present day. It is a love story because Odontoglossum crispum was considered by many to be the most beautiful of all orchid species. It was collected by the hundreds of thousands from the cloud forests of its native Colombia and exported to Britain, the rest of Europe and the USA. Vast numbers were lost in transit. When they arrived many perished due to a lack of understanding of its needs in cultivation. Only the ‘best’ forms were grown, and the remainder discarded. Today much of its native habitat has either disappeared or been despoiled due to human actions. Few plants remain in cultivation in the UK. It was one of the first species to be grown commercially from seed, most notably in the UK by Charlesworth & Co., following the scientific discovery by Noël Bernard that orchid seeds required the participation of a suitable fungus to germinate under natural conditions. Universidad de Costa Rica 2023-12-29 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf application/epub+zip https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/58144 10.15517/lank.v23i3.58144 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2023: Lankesteriana: Volume 23, number 3 (September–December); 593–612 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2023: Lankesteriana: Volumen 23, número 3 (setiembre–diciembre); 593–612 2215-2067 1409-3871 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/58144/58653 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/58144/58654 Copyright (c) 2023 Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cr/ |
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This is the story of Odontoglossum crispum (Oncidium alexandrae) (Bateman) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams, from the 19th century to the present day. It is a love story because Odontoglossum crispum was considered by many to be the most beautiful of all orchid species. It was collected by the hundreds of thousands from the cloud forests of its native Colombia and exported to Britain, the rest of Europe and the USA. Vast numbers were lost in transit. When they arrived many perished due to a lack of understanding of its needs in cultivation. Only the ‘best’ forms were grown, and the remainder discarded. Today much of its native habitat has either disappeared or been despoiled due to human actions. Few plants remain in cultivation in the UK. It was one of the first species to be grown commercially from seed, most notably in the UK by Charlesworth & Co., following the scientific discovery by Noël Bernard that orchid seeds required the participation of a suitable fungus to germinate under natural conditions. |
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