Journal Number 104
August 2007

EDITORIAL

Acianthus sinclairii Variations
By Ian St George

I always thought Dan Hatch's father's drawing of Acianthus sinclairii
from the Transactions [1946-7; 76: 572, (reproduced at right)] had
a much more tuberculate labellum than any I had seen.

Hatch described the labellum: "...the distal portion studded with
minute reddish papillae".

Plants I had seen flowering in early June in the cool Eastbourne hills
near Wellington had nothing like that degree of colour or papillosity
( see plant photos below ), but red-stemmed plants flowering in
early May up the warm coast near Plimmerton had dark flowers
with very papillose labella ( see flower photos below ).