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Gabe15 · 08-13-2010, 11:15 AM

I heard recently that the Musella splendida specimen was actually described from a garden plant, which makes the whole thing rather more confusing since M. lasiocarpa is a widely cultivated plant and has been moved around by people, especially by Buddhist monasteries. It is still a technically valid species, but sometime in the future it may undergo revision and be reclassified. The plant really doesn't look like anything different from M. lasiocarpa, and the reported differences are minor (if they are valid at all).

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