Showing posts with label in situ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label in situ. Show all posts
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Orchid from Ecuador, truly weird, I think is a Scaphosepalum

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Ponthieva ventricosa (Griseb.) Fawc. & Rendle, a few close ups of the flowers of this Caribbean endemic

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The group of plants of this species that grows near my house suffered greatly during the drought of 2015.  This year has been much ...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Tetramicra elegans [Hamilton] Cogn. 1910, here I show the flowers of a plant from cultivation, origin unknown and two flowers from plants "in situ" in the Sierra Bermeja, Puerto Rico

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Cultivated plant Cultivated plant Cultivated plant "in situ" "in situ" Tetramica elegans is an orch...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Tolumnia variegata "in situ" in the Rio Abajo Forest, Puerto Rico, a plant that I have been watching since last year.

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I have been watching this plant since last year when I spotted it blooming in September.  The plant is growing exposed to ful...
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Thursday, August 6, 2015

Psychilis monensis Sauleda 1988, a pink flower

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There are vast populations of this orchid in Mona Island, between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.  There is some variation in the color of...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Vanilla poitaei Rchb. f. 1877 "in situ",

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This orchid is endemic of the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.    In Puerto Rico this orchid is not particularly rare, h...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Psychilis monensis, an orange yellow form of this variable species, photographed "in situ" very deep into the interior of Mona Island.

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This orchid is locally common, and sometimes downright abundant in certain parts of Mona Island.  This species produces flowers that c...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Habenaria amalfitana F.Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1893 in the elfin forest in El Yunque

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I was hiking in the upper reaches of El Yunque national forest, in Puerto Rico in May 4.  The forest was very dry, and the orchids ...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Psychilis monensis Sauleda 1988, a strange flower with unusually shaped floral parts.

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The island of Mona, is in the middle of the Mona Channel, this is between the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.  The whole island...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Oncidium altissimum [Jacq.] Swartz 1800, with an unusual root basket.

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This orchid is found in the wild in Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands and in several islands of the lesser Ant...
Sunday, September 14, 2014

Tolumnia variegata, observations on a plant growing "in situ" on the Rio Abajo forest

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As I walk through the forest I often see orchid plants growing in the trees.  Most of them are in predictable places where o...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Reichenbach f. 1863, "in situ" in the Rio Abajo forest in Puerto Rico

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This species is found in Central America, South America and the West Indies.  In Puerto Rico this is a common orchid ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Ponthieva ventricosa, first flower of the season.

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   This is the first flower of the winter season of the plants of  a patch of Ponthieva ventricosa plants I am monitoring in ...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Epidendrum , ackermanii Hagsater 2004, formerly known as Epidendrum secundum from Puerto RIco

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A plant from Maricao Side view of the callus of the lip Front view of the lip The inflorescence of a plant from ...