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Old 08-10-2004, 04:41 PM
Iris Cohen
 
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Enough, already! I got the story, in painful detail on the orchid group. The
genus (monotypic) is indeed well-named. The flowers have several built-in
insect barriers and are apparently self-pollinated. End of story.
A lot of plants have funny names, beginning with the obsolete orchid genus Aa.
There is a story to go with each one of them.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)