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Orchid new to S. Florida
Cool. It likes cypress mulch.
Article he http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/594330.html Photos he http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.as...n_id=242321178 Diana |
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Orchid new to S. Florida
Was written up in the latest Lankersteriana by Pemberton,Collins and Koptur.
They note the outer range in Eulophia graminea's habitat is Okinawa (which they don't mention in the newspaper article) but which is at the same latitude as Miami Fl. They also note that 2 new bees have naturalized and are inhabiting a new range in Florida, one of which is an 'oil collecting' bee. They also say the seed pod ripens and dehisces rapidly, even while the inflorescence is still in flower (facilitates seed spread). Personally I don't find the flower to be intriguing enough to be offered for sale, no matter what the article says about eBay sales. It just ain't pretty enough. [ducks for cover] I think passive import, via the military?, is more likely. Someone's wife wanted a plant from home, and here you are. Sometime ago there were letters in 'Taxon' about reversing Pharg kovachii's name back to Phrag peruvianum. In the response to that proposal someone mentioned that a plant that's always, simply always, found in Mexico and Central America had to keep a single exemplar found in Madagascar in the records even though everyone knows some Portuguese sailor imported it to Madagascar way back at the dawn of time. I'm sure some sort of similar import of Eulophia graminea happened here. Whether Eulophia graminea'll become the new kudzu is the interesting question. It seems to have found a pollinator in the new bees. Half the battle. K Barrett "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message . .. Cool. It likes cypress mulch. Article he http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/594330.html Photos he http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.as...n_id=242321178 Diana |
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Orchid new to S. Florida
Whether Eulophia graminea'll become the new kudzu is the interesting
question. It seems to have found a pollinator in the new bees. Half the battle. Agreed. I don't find it terribly attractive myself. But it's always interesting when something migrates like that, regardless the way it got here. Diana |
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Orchid new to S. Florida
On Jul 6, 7:59*pm, "K Barrett" wrote:
Sometime ago there were letters in 'Taxon' about reversing Pharg kovachii's name back to Phrag peruvianum. * i thought they already had...? at least *I've* been calling it that.... oops. --j_a |
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Orchid new to S. Florida
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... On Jul 6, 7:59 pm, "K Barrett" wrote: Sometime ago there were letters in 'Taxon' about reversing Pharg kovachii's name back to Phrag peruvianum. i thought they already had...? at least *I've* been calling it that.... oops. --j_a AFAIK kovachii remains kovachii because it was published first. K |
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