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Identify this Schomburgkia and win a colossal amazing super duper once-in-a-lifetime incredible
This Schomburgkia was in bloom in April in Florida. The coloration in the
flower was a bit more red than violet as this photo is depicting. Do you know what species it is? Click on: http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...urgkiaunk1.jpg Mick |
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Mick,
Could it be Schomburgkia lueddemaniana? Gene "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... This Schomburgkia was in bloom in April in Florida. The coloration in the flower was a bit more red than violet as this photo is depicting. Do you know what species it is? Click on: http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...urgkiaunk1.jpg Mick |
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Gene,
I don't think that's it... This is a Schomburgkia lueddemanniana http://orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/schomlehmannii.jpg Mick "Gene Schurg" wrote in message rthlink.net... Mick, Could it be Schomburgkia lueddemaniana? Gene |
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Mick
How do you know it was a species? Gene "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... This Schomburgkia was in bloom in April in Florida. The coloration in the flower was a bit more red than violet as this photo is depicting. Do you know what species it is? Click on: http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...urgkiaunk1.jpg Mick |
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Myrmecophilia exaltata?
http://www.orchidspecies.com/myrexaltata.htm -Eric in SF "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... This Schomburgkia was in bloom in April in Florida. The coloration in the flower was a bit more red than violet as this photo is depicting. Do you know what species it is? Click on: http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/f...urgkiaunk1.jpg Mick |
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Eric,
Bravo. I do believe you have have identified it correctly as Myrmecophilia exaltata. These flowers were on the end of 6 foot spikes and the ants were living in the hollowed out pseudobulbs as detailed in the genus description. Originally I thought it might be a Schomburgkia tibicinis but I was not sure. It was jungle collected many years ago from Guatemala so your ID sounds good. Thanks Mick ----------------------------------- "Eric Hunt" wrote in message ... Myrmecophilia exaltata? http://www.orchidspecies.com/myrexaltata.htm -Eric in SF |
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Eric,
Hmmm.... that part must have gotten truncated off the first post as I see now. It was suppose to read 1000 "Attaboys" as the prize. Attaboy Eric. Mick ----------------------------------- |
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Only 999 'Attaboys' left to go...
K Barrett "Mick Fournier" wrote in message ... Eric, Hmmm.... that part must have gotten truncated off the first post as I see now. It was suppose to read 1000 "Attaboys" as the prize. Attaboy Eric. Mick ----------------------------------- |
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Attagirl.
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Bravo. I do believe you have have identified it correctly as Myrmecophilia
exaltata. These flowers were on the end of 6 foot spikes and the ants were living in the hollowed out pseudobulbs as detailed in the genus description. I agree. As far as I know, about 15 years ago I was the first person to make a selfing cross of exaltata to spread around (from a plant I got from Gene May who collected a specimen on one of his trips) and this is exactly what it looked like. I sent the flasks off to Bill Bergstrom when they became too much to manage and that's all she wrote. He still has some for sale. Nice plant. A lot of mine were not quite as intensely colored as yours. Tom. |
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Tom,
I have 3 selfing pods going on it now... so we will see what happens with it. Mick ------------------------------ .. |
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Gene May of 'May and Craig Orchids' in Houston? He's the guy I
bought my first orchids from in the late 1970's. I also bought a staghorn fern from him for for my sister. As we left, she commented, "I thought I was going to have to sign adoption paper." Good guy. That is him! Unfortunately he passed away a few months ago, and he will be dearly missed. For those who did not know him, Gene May was a very wild and crazy kind of guy- seemingly abrupt, but actually very kind and keenly interested in making sure his customers were happy with their plants. He also collected some amazing plants in his travels. He had a whole population of exaltata going, and he had a bench full of C. araguianensis back when people were clamoring to pay $100 for a back bulb division. Culture was incredible too. He had many huge specimens- too large to bring to judging- that were just perfect, not a scratch or bug on them. Tom. |
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