Happy New Year to all!

Sarah

And to you, Sarah......

Diana

And to you, Sarah......

Diana

Have a Happy New Year Everyone!

I am saddened by the Tsunami and the lives lost and to a micro-extent am
saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
Sumatra. Hopefully, all of those native orchids have been imported
elsewhere so they can thrive. And, once again my prayers to the people
of these places.

.. . . Pam
Everything Orchid Management System
http://home.earthlink.net/~profpam/page3.html
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Diana Kulaga wrote:

And to you, Sarah......

Diana




Diana Kulaga wrote:

And to you, Sarah......

Diana

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
wrote:
to a micro-extent am
saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
Sumatra.
. . . Pam

You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
inland somewhere new and left them deposited.


SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

And to go a bit further, one might speculate if such spread could
promote speciation, and the generation of new orchid taxa....well, not
within your lifetime anyway, but still.........

Cheers,
Xi

Susan Erickson wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
wrote:

to a micro-extent am
saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
Sumatra.
. . . Pam


You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
inland somewhere new and left them deposited.


SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

Susan Erickson wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
wrote:

to a micro-extent am
saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
Sumatra.
. . . Pam


You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
inland somewhere new and left them deposited.


Well, hopefully they had their CITES and Phyto papers with them! ;-)
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Susan Erickson wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
wrote:

to a micro-extent am
saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
Sumatra.
. . . Pam


You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
inland somewhere new and left them deposited.


Well, hopefully they had their CITES and Phyto papers with them! ;-)
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Susan Erickson wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
wrote:

to a micro-extent am
saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
Sumatra.
. . . Pam


You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
inland somewhere new and left them deposited.


Well, hopefully they had their CITES and Phyto papers with them! ;-)
--
Reka

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I'm ROTFLMAO! :-)

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Susan Erickson wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
wrote:

to a micro-extent am
saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
Sumatra.
. . . Pam


You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
inland somewhere new and left them deposited.


Well, hopefully they had their CITES and Phyto papers with them! ;-)
--
Reka

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Xi Wang ) wrote:
: And to go a bit further, one might speculate if such spread could
: promote speciation, and the generation of new orchid taxa....well, not
: within your lifetime anyway, but still.........

Well, it certainly supports biodiversity but not speciation per se. Briefly,
there are "weed" species that tend to outcompete all other species and over
time will dominate an ecosytem. Periodic disturbances level the playing,
so to speak, and allow all species to regain a foothold.

Dave

: Cheers,
: Xi

: Susan Erickson wrote:

: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
: wrote:
:
: to a micro-extent am
: saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
: Sumatra.
: . . . Pam
:
:
: You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
: inland somewhere new and left them deposited.
:
:
: SuE
: http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php

Xi Wang ) wrote:
: And to go a bit further, one might speculate if such spread could
: promote speciation, and the generation of new orchid taxa....well, not
: within your lifetime anyway, but still.........

Well, it certainly supports biodiversity but not speciation per se. Briefly,
there are "weed" species that tend to outcompete all other species and over
time will dominate an ecosytem. Periodic disturbances level the playing,
so to speak, and allow all species to regain a foothold.

Dave

: Cheers,
: Xi

: Susan Erickson wrote:

: On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:30:05 GMT, profpam
: wrote:
:
: to a micro-extent am
: saddened by the prospect of species being wiped out in places like
: Sumatra.
: . . . Pam
:
:
: You have to wonder if the wave carried any of the island species
: inland somewhere new and left them deposited.
:
:
: SuE
: http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php