Hi

I'm a little confused about the taxonomy of Paph gardnineri and Paph wilhelminae: are these true species? I can't see any difference...:confused:

Paph wilhelminae is officially the current new name for gardineri, so both are the same species and you shouldn't find any difference no matter how hard you looked. Welcome to the forum!

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Paph wilhelminae is officially the current new name for gardineri, so both are the same species and you shouldn't find any difference no matter how hard you looked. Welcome to the forum!

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Welcome to the slipper orchid forum glad that you could join us!

Welcome here from germany

What Casey said is correct. Gardineri is still used but the correct name should be wilhelminae. Welcome!

Good question to start with! Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum!

Good question and the others have already given you the right answer. Welcome to a wonderful forum!

Welcome to the forum. You can ask anything you like here and get lots of sensible replies.

Ed

Welcome to the forum! This is a great place to ask and share everything about slipper orchids and other orchids. I love it here and you will too!

Welcome! I'm a recently joined member as well.

Welcome the forum!

Welcome! My wilhelminae just bit the dust... Stupid bacteria.

Welcome! My wilhelminae just bit the dust... Stupid bacteria.

So sorry to hear that Adam! This species is also not very cheap.

These names are considered conspecific at this point. The entire glanduliferum/praestans group has very confused taxonomy, and the plants range from sea level to fairly high elevations. The form changes as it moves up the hill, gets smaller in flower and plant size as well as darker. The intermediate forms are pretty variable.