Meyers Conservatory - troymeyers.com
Site Navigation
Flasking Home Page
Your Picks List
Comprehensive List
Articles in the Site
Search
Ready-To-Go Flasks
Fast-Turn Flasks
Greenhouse Plants
Current Reservations
Testimonials
 
Established Seedlings of
Eltroplectris calcarata 'MC7272' × 'MC7270'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN8346
Name: Eltroplectris calcarata 'MC7272' × 'MC7270'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Troy C. Meyers
Click to Enlarge
Thumbnail
Pod Parent Flower
Click to Enlarge
Thumbnail
Pod Parent Blooming Plant
Click to Enlarge
Thumbnail
Pollen Parent Flower
 
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: One of the offspring from our TN6307 effort of 2008.

Pollen parent plant: One of the offspring from our TN6942 effort of 2010.
 
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: days average 87°F, nights 76°F; best fit is Warm 90-70°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 87°F, nights 76°F; best fit is Warm 90-70°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of calcarata   From Latin "calcaratus" spurred, having a spur. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Eltroplectris   From latinized Greek "plektron" spur. The meaning of "eltro" is not clear. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Eltroplectris   el-troe-PLEK-tris (Source: Hawkes 1978)
If you would like to direct someone to this web page, please copy and paste this URL into your email:
http://troymeyers.com/d?128346

ESTABLISHED SEEDLINGS of these are not currently available.

We do not have any unsold in the greenhouse, but may offer them in the future.

Click here to see if we have flasks available.
 
 

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: This often-named terrestrial orchid is found from southern Florida through the Caribbean to South America in Brazil and Colombia. Plants in Florida were found in Dade County in a dense hammock in 1905 and Highlands County in 1936 where they were growing in a low, moist hammock. These swampy forests have given way to progress, and it is not known whether or not plants still survive in out-of-the-way locations in Florida. Plants are said to be common in the Bahama Islands where they grow in rather dense coppices, reportedly blooming January to March. In Puerto Rico this orchid is uncommon but is known from the western part of the island where it grows in thick humus in the shade of moist to wet montane forests at 1000-2950 ft. (300-900 m).
More about this information and the Bakers...
 
 

Go to Flasking Home Page -- Contact Us
Contents of all pages Copyright © 1999-2024. All rights reserved.