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Myrmecophila tibicinis 'Firecracker' × self
 
 
 
 
Number: TN5838
Name: Myrmecophila tibicinis 'Firecracker' × self
Type: self    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Michael DiLuna, MD  (Email: michael.diluna@yale.edu)
 
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range W (70-90°F). Seems to like similar conditions as my cattleyas.
 
Comments: Parent plant: Massive specimen plant that sent off three branching spikes this summer.
 
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 68°F; best fit is Warm-Intermediate 87-64°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 79°F, nights 58°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of Myrmecophila   From Greek "myrmekos" ant; "phileo" love as a friend. (Source: Brown 1956)
Etymology of tibicinis   From Latin "tibicinis" flute-like. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Myrmecophila   meer-me-KOF-i-la (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of tibicinis   ti-bi-SIN-is (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: 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: 664 plants (based on flask surveys done 04/11/2007 through 09/01/2010)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 10 - 80 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 08/07/2007 through 04/13/2011)
From one most recently surveyed flask 30 - 80 mm (04/13/2011)
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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: Eastern Mexico southward through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and possibly Nicaragua. In Mexico, plants are found in the states of Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Yucatán. They grow in the lowlands and on the lower slopes in regions facing the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Plants grow on the surface of the ground or on trees and shrubs in sand dunes, and savannas, They are found in both humid and dry forests at up to 1950 ft. (600 m).
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