[OGD] Phragmipedium caudatum
Hi All I am looking for links to both photos of awarded plants and award information on Phragmipedium caudatum. The plant i have is labeled var. sanderae for what thats worth and it is awarded in Australia i just want to compare it to awarded others worldwide. If you have Phrag. caudatum pollen too id be interested! Thanks Stuart Sydney Australia ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Aeranthes pollinators inquiry
Sorry if this posts twice - but a glitch appears to have occurred when I posted it simultaneously to the orchids and orchidspecies groups - it appeared in orchidspecies, but not in orchids. X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:22:17 -0600 To: orchids@orchidguide.com,[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Brian O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Aeranthes pollinators inquiry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Gustavus-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Gustavus-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Gustavus-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-Gustavus-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was just looking at Olaf Pronk's fascinating photo of Aeranthes henrici in habitat - one developing seed capsule is evident (see: http://community.webshots.com/photo/547585781/2064364600083306767PKCxgD ). I've often wondered about the natural pollinators of Aeranthes - why have these flowers developed their distinctive color scheme and form (otherworldly greens and yellow-greens, of crystalline appearance), with flowers dangling at the ends of what could be described as botanical fishing lines? (A. henrici is quite a bit different from this description in a number of ways, but that makes it all the more interesting; it has its own otherworldly qualities). I have a question for Olaf or anyone else on either the orchids or the orchidspecies list - do you know of studies that have been done on pollination of Aeranthes? If the flowers are moth-pollinated, why is their appearance so different from that of flowers of other angraecoids? Do an entirely different set of moths pollinate these plants? If so, in what ways are they different? Or - are Aeranthes species pollinated by some other type of pollinator? The nectar spurs are shorter and more globular than those on, for instance, Jumellea or many Angraecum species. There are several other questions that can be asked about differences in the pollination syndromes/mechanism of angraecoids, but for now I'll limit my inquiry to Aeranthes. Brian O'Brien -- Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A. e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. (507)933-7310 fax (507)933-7041 http://www.gustavus.edu/~bobrien ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Aeranthes pollinators inquiry
I was just looking at Olaf Pronk's fascinating photo of Aeranthes henrici in habitat - one developing seed capsule is evident (see: http://community.webshots.com/photo/547585781/2064364600083306767PKCxgD ). I've often wondered about the natural pollinators of Aeranthes - why have these flowers developed their distinctive color scheme and form (otherworldly greens and yellow-greens, of crystalline appearance), with flowers dangling at the ends of what could be described as botanical fishing lines? (A. henrici is quite a bit different from this description in a number of ways, but that makes it all the more interesting; it has its own otherworldly qualities). I have a question for Olaf or anyone else on either the orchids or the orchidspecies list - do you know of studies that have been done on pollination of Aeranthes? If the flowers are moth-pollinated, why is their appearance so different from that of flowers of other angraecoids? Do an entirely different set of moths pollinate these plants? If so, in what ways are they different? Or - are Aeranthes species pollinated by some other type of pollinator? The nectar spurs are shorter and more globular than those on, for instance, Jumellea or many Angraecum species. There are several other questions that can be asked about differences in the pollination syndromes/mechanism of angraecoids, but for now I'll limit my inquiry to Aeranthes. Brian O'Brien -- Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A. e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. (507)933-7310 fax (507)933-7041 http://www.gustavus.edu/~bobrien ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Some virus symptoms
Hello Cynthia, I think it is great that you are creating a picture gallery of virused plants. What is the testing that is being done to identify them as having a virus? Mark Sullivan 1% for Orchid Conservation http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] new member from Madagascar
Hello, I have just been accepted to join The OrchidGuide mailing list so here by a few words of introduction. My name is Olaf Pronk and I own a nursery in Antananarivo, Madagascar specialising in Madagascar species of orchids and succulent plants. Some time ago, I have started photographing our plants and I post images of Madagascar orchids in my webalbums that can be accessed at: http://community.webshots.com/album/527800067QOfgOg I update and extend these albums on a very regular basis. My albums now contain over 200 images of orchids from Madagascar and I hope to add many more. I have not joined this list for business so please no commercial inquiries through this list. I look forward to learn from you and hopefully contribute things too. Kind regards Olaf Pronk Laurette E.U.R.L. Antananarivo Madagascar ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Tim Wing YAM/NPARKS/SINGOV is out of the office.
I will be out of the office from 11/03/2006 to 14/03/2006. I will respond to your message when I return. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Bulbophyllum tingabarinum
Many thanks to all those who replied to my taxonomic query regarding Epidendrum cristatum vs Epidendrum raniferum. I now have another taxonomic query on which I would value guidance. I bought a plant labelled as Bulbophyllum tingabarinum (which has just finished flowering now in our autumn) and as is my habit I always try and verify that the label is correct. In Seidenfaden's "Notes of Cirrhopetalum" he transfers Cirrhopetalum flavflorum Liu & Su to Bulbophyllum flaviflorum and gives as a synonym Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum. In Siegerist's "Bulbophyllums and their allies" she lists Bulbophyllum tingabarinum (described by Garay, Hamer and Siegerist in 1994) and gives as a synonym Rolfe's Cirrhopetalum miniatum but states that Bulbophyllum flaviflorum (Liu & Su) Seidenfaden is NOT a synonym. My queries are these : 1) If Rolfe's name was published in 1913 why does it not have preference? 2) If Liu & Su's description was valid and Rolf'e's not, I can understand Seidenfaden transferring it to Bulbophyllum from Cirrhopetalum but why, if Rolfe's description is a synonym for some technical reason for the Seidenfaden plant, is Bulbophyllum tingabarinum then also not a synonym of Bulbophyllum flaviflorum. It is true that the colours are different but my plant looks identical to Seidenfaden's line drawings. 3). Is Garay et al's description valid? Many thanks in advance. Oh! by the way the plant is a delghtful little plant and as Shakespeare said "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet". Keep well and kind regards Mike South Africa -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 2006/03/03 ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
