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Flasks of
Dendrophylax lindenii |
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| Number: |
TN1156 |
| Name: |
Dendrophylax lindenii
(Acquired as Polyrrhiza lindenii)
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| Type: |
unknown (What's that?) |
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No Photos Available
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Comments: These will only have FOUR plants per flask, necessary because of the spreading growth habit of this leafless orchid. This orchid is well known as Polyrrhiza lindenii, Polyradicion lindenii, and the "Ghost Orchid", but recently good evidence places it back in Dendrophylax.
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of
Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.
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Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
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Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 90°F, nights 70°F; best fit is Warm 90-70°F
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Baker's Web OSC) |
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Winter: days average 79°F, nights 55°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F
(Source:
Baker's Web OSC) |
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About the name...
| Etymology of |
Dendrophylax |
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From latinized Greek "dendron" tree; "phylax" guardian. Epiphyte.
(Source:
Mayr & Schmucker 1998) |
| Etymology of |
lindenii |
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Named for Jean Linden (1817-1898), a renowned Belgian plant collector who traveled South America, and owned an orchid nursery in Ghent, Belgium.
(Source:
Mayr & Schmucker 1998) |
| Pronunciation of |
Dendrophylax |
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den-droe-FYE-lax
(Source:
Hawkes 1978) |
| Pronunciation of |
lindenii |
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lin-DEN-ee-eye
(Source:
http://www.rainyside.com/resources/reference/PronunciationGuideIJKL.html) |
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| Flask Information |
| Availability: |
We have sold all of the flasks for this item. |
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Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
You can place a "Notify Flask Recipients" Request, and either we or a flask recipient may contact you when plants are available.
You may also place a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.
You may reserve a flask, but it's very unlikely you'll get one ...this could only happen if we found a flask that we didn't know we had. |
| Yield Estimate: |
188 plants (based on flask surveys done 05/01/2000 through 10/16/2003)
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| Plantlet Sizes: |
From many flasks 3 - 30 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 12/30/2002 through 08/13/2003)
From one most recently surveyed flask 15 - 30 mm (08/13/2003)
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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: Florida, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands. In Florida, plants
are found in the extreme southern part of the state including the Florida
Keys. Distribution includes all of the Bahama Islands with the possible
exception Grand Bahama, the northernmost island of the group. Plants are
reported from several locations in Cuba. Plants usually grow in low-lying
swampy areas, where they attach to the smooth trunks of native royal palms
or the rough bark of oak or pop-ash trees. Luer (1972) described the
habitat as follows: "While wading knee deep in swamp water, the thrill of
chancing upon a plant in flower will never be forgotten. The sitting will
be replete with buttressed custard-apple trees, stilted above the water,
spreading their low, arching boughs bedecked with myriads of epiphytic
plants. Down low on the trunk the familiar spidery network of rambling
green roots will not be hard to find." Cogniaux in Urban (1910), however,
reported finding the plant growing high in trees in dense forests near
Santiago, Cuba.
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