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Eltroplectris calcarata 'MC4247' × self
 
 
 
 
Number: TN6027
Name: Eltroplectris calcarata 'MC4247' × self
Type: self    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Troy C. Meyers
 
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F). Ours are grown in Promix HP.
 
Comments: A terrestrial native to Florida, where much of its habitat has been destroyed. Our plants were grown from seed in our greenhouse in Washington State.

Parent plant: One of the offspring of our TN4976 effort of 2005.
 
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)
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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: 45 plants (based on flask surveys done 10/09/2007 )
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 5 - 15 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 10/09/2007 )
From one most recently surveyed flask 5 - 10 mm (10/09/2007)
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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: 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).
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