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Epidendrum lloense '#2' × '#1'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN4482
Name: Epidendrum lloense '#2' × '#1'
  Low yield; be sure to select the Notify Flask Recipients option if you want to get individual seedlings.
 
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Marni Turkel, Stony Point Ceramic Design  (Email: marni@marniturkel.com)
 
Donor's home page: http://www.marniturkel.com/orchids.html
 
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Pollen Parent Flowers
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plants: Temperature range C (52-70°F)
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: Small plant.

Pollen parent plant: Medium-sized plant.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 74°F, nights 50°F; best fit is Cool 70-52°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of Epidendrum   From Greek "epi" upon; "dendron" tree. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of lloense   Means "from Lloa" (Ecuador) (Source: Troy Meyers)
Pronunciation of Epidendrum   eh-pee-DEN-drum (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
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Flask Information
Availability: We had yield problems with this item, so we didn't continue flasking it.
You should: Consider placing a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
You might also want to: View the seed assay for this item.
View items of the same species.
View items of the same genus.
 
 

The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Ecuador. The type for this terrestrial orchid was discovered in Imbabura Province near Lloa, a village in the valley below Quito, at 9500 ft. (2900 m). Plants have since been collected in the provinces of Imbabura and Pichincha where they were growing in montane forests below the paramos on the western slopes of the Andes at 5250-10,850 ft. (1600-3300 m).
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