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The Genus Brassavola, (L.) R.Br
The Genus Brassavola, (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 216 (1813) Type: Brassavola [B.] cucullata [bra-SAH-vo-la kyoo-kyoo-LAH-ta] There are 28 species (OrchidWiz [update Dec 2017]) that are epiphytes and sometimes lithophytes at elevations of from sea level to 3300 ft (1000 m) from Mexico, southern Caribbean islands to northern Argentina in moist or wet montane forests, mangroves, rocky crevices and cliff faces. They are most fragrant at night and many with a citrus smell. The genus is characterized by very small pencil-like pseudobulbs, often forming large clumps; a single, fleshy, apical, sub-terete leaf and the inflorescence produced form the apex of the pseudobulb. The inflorescence carries from a single to a few large flowers. The floral characteristics are elongate narrow similar sepals and petals, the base of the lip usually tightly rolled around at least a portion of the column which carries 12, sometimes eight unequal pollina with prominent opaque caudicles. The flowers usually occur, as a rule, in spring, summer and fall. The flowers are generally yellow to greenish white with a mostly white lip. It is not unusual for dark spots, usually purple, to be in the region where the sepals, petals, and lip join the stem (claw). This spotting is a dominant generic trait in Brassavola nodose. They are easily cultivated under intermediate conditions. Although this is a relatively small genus (28 species), the species show an unusually close relationship with one another in their floral patterns, coloration, and column structure making identification difficult, key to know where the plants were collected. -
Phytotaxa 2: 46–48 (2009) Review of Pitcher Plants of the Old World
Phytotaxa 2: 46–48 (2009) ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/ Book review PHYTOTAXA Copyright © 2009 • Magnolia Press ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) Review of Pitcher Plants of the Old World MAARTEN J.M. CHRISTENHUSZ1 & MICHAEL F. FAY2 1 Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK; email [email protected] 2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK; email [email protected] By Stewart McPherson, Pitcher Plants of the Old World, edited by Alastair Robinson and Andreas Fleischmann. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole, U.K. 2009. Two volumes, 1399 pp. ISBN 978-0-9558918-2-3 and 978-0-9558918-3-0. Publishers price £34.99 each volume. Carnivorous plants have fascinated humans since early history, and these plants continue to tickle the imagination of current day writers. Stewart McPherson shares his fascination for carnivorous plants and he has published various earlier works on the subject, including the excellent Pitcher Plants of the Americas (McPherson, 2006) and Glistening Carnivores (McPherson, 2008), where, as in the current two volumes, many carnivorous plants are described and beautifully illustrated with photographs taken by the author during his intensive field work in often challenging countries and stunning localities. These two volumes cover the pitcher plants from Madagascar, tropical Asia and Australia: the genera Nepenthes Linnaeus (1753: 955), Nepenthaceae, and the south-western Australian endemic Cephalotus follicularis Labilladière (1806: 6) of the peculiar monotypic family Cephalotaceae. The first chapters introduce carnivorous plants in general and illustrate their fascinating trapping mechanisms. The author then introduces pitcher plants of the Old World and discusses relationships with other organisms coexisting with pitcher plants rather than being consumed by them. -
CITES Orchid Checklist Volumes 1, 2 & 3 Combined
CITES Orchid Checklist Online Version Volumes 1, 2 & 3 Combined (three volumes merged together as pdf files) Available at http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/data/cites.html Important: Please read the Introduction before reading this Part Introduction - OrchidIntro.pdf Part I : All names in current use - OrchidPartI.pdf Part II: Accepted names in current use - OrchidPartII.pdf (this file) - please read the introduction file first Part III: Country Checklist - OrchidPartIII.pdf For the genera: Aerangis, Angraecum, Ascocentrum, Bletilla, Brassavola, Calanthe, Catasetum, Cattleya, Constantia, Cymbidium, Cypripedium, Dendrobium (selected sections only), Disa, Dracula, Encyclia, Laelia, Miltonia, Miltonioides, Miltoniopsis, Paphiopedilum, Paraphalaenopsis, Phalaenopsis, Phragmipedium, Pleione, Renanthera, Renantherella, Rhynchostylis, Rossioglossum, Sophronitella, Sophronitis Vanda and Vandopsis Compiled by: Jacqueline A Roberts, Lee R Allman, Sharon Anuku, Clive R Beale, Johanna C Benseler, Joanne Burdon, Richard W Butter, Kevin R Crook, Paul Mathew, H Noel McGough, Andrew Newman & Daniela C Zappi Assisted by a selected international panel of orchid experts Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Copyright 2002 The Trustees of The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew CITES Secretariat Printed volumes: Volume 1 first published in 1995 - Volume 1: ISBN 0 947643 87 7 Volume 2 first published in 1997 - Volume 2: ISBN 1 900347 34 2 Volume 3 first published in 2001 - Volume 3: ISBN 1 84246 033 1 General editor of series: Jacqueline A Roberts 2 Part II: Accepted Names / Noms Reconnu -
An Introduction to the Epiphytic Orchids of East Africa
Sphyrarchynchus sp. Cyrtorchis crassifoHa Schltr. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EPIPHYTIC ORCHIDS OF EAST AFRICA. By W. M. MOREAU AND R. E. MOREAU. C()IYl,tents. 1. Introduction. 2. Nomenclature and classification. 3. General ecology. 4. The orchid flower. 5. Published and unpublished sources of East African records. 6. Tentative field key to the genera. 7. Annotated check-list of species. 1. INTRODUCTION. Over fifteen thousand species of orchids have been described, the vast majority of them tropical, and the greater part of them epiphytic, that is, normally growing on trees without deriving sustenance from them. But little more than ten per cent of the majestic total belong to Tropical Africa and moreover, so far as is known at present, within that area ground orchids predominate over epiphytic in the proportion of more than three to one. There is reason to believe that these figures are a reflection rather of our ignorance than of the truth. Because the Tropical African epiphytic orchids are not characterised by the magni• ficence and opulence of those of other regions, they have not attracted the commercial collector and certainly are most imperfectly known. Yet the local orchids display a delightful diversity of adaptation and of form. None are flamboyant, but many are beautiful, some are exquisitely dainty and a few are bizarre. They appeal to the same feelings and are capable of arousing the same enthusiasms as succulents or alpine plants. Moreover, anyone who takes the comparatively little trouble required to collect and grow them has the additional satisfaction of knowing that he is contributing to scientific knowledge. -
Generic and Subtribal Relationships in Neotropical Cymbidieae (Orchidaceae) Based on Matk/Ycf1 Plastid Data
LANKESTERIANA 13(3): 375—392. 2014. I N V I T E D P A P E R* GENERIC AND SUBTRIBAL RELATIONSHIPS IN NEOTROPICAL CYMBIDIEAE (ORCHIDACEAE) BASED ON MATK/YCF1 PLASTID DATA W. MARK WHITTEN1,2, KURT M. NEUBIG1 & N. H. WILLIAMS1 1Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 USA 2Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT. Relationships among all subtribes of Neotropical Cymbidieae (Orchidaceae) were estimated using combined matK/ycf1 plastid sequence data for 289 taxa. The matrix was analyzed using RAxML. Bootstrap (BS) analyses yield 100% BS support for all subtribes except Stanhopeinae (87%). Generic relationships within subtribes are highly resolved and are generally congruent with those presented in previous studies and as summarized in Genera Orchidacearum. Relationships among subtribes are largely unresolved. The Szlachetko generic classification of Maxillariinae is not supported. A new combination is made for Maxillaria cacaoensis J.T.Atwood in Camaridium. KEY WORDS: Orchidaceae, Cymbidieae, Maxillariinae, matK, ycf1, phylogenetics, Camaridium, Maxillaria cacaoensis, Vargasiella Cymbidieae include many of the showiest align nrITS sequences across the entire tribe was Neotropical epiphytic orchids and an unparalleled unrealistic due to high levels of sequence divergence, diversity in floral rewards and pollination systems. and instead to concentrate our efforts on assembling Many researchers have posed questions such as a larger plastid data set based on two regions (matK “How many times and when has male euglossine and ycf1) that are among the most variable plastid bee pollination evolved?”(Ramírez et al. 2011), or exon regions and can be aligned with minimal “How many times have oil-reward flowers evolved?” ambiguity across broad taxonomic spans. -
Multi-Taxonomic Survey in the Sierra Del Abra Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve
Biota Neotropica 21(1): e20201050, 2021 www.scielo.br/bn ISSN 1676-0611 (online edition) Inventory Multi-taxonomic survey in the Sierra del Abra Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve Francisco Javier Sahagún-Sánchez1* & José Arturo De-Nova2 1Universidad de Guadalajara, Departamento de Políticas Públicas, Periférico Norte N° 799, Núcleo Universitario Los Belenes, C.P. 45100, Zapopan, Jalisco, México. 2Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas, Altair Núm. 200, Col. del Llano C.P. 78377 San Luis Potosí, SLP. México. *Corresponding author: Francisco Javier Sahagún-Sánchez, e-mail: [email protected] SAHAGÚN-SÁNCHEZ, F.J., DE-NOVA, J.A. Multi-taxonomic survey in the Sierra del Abra Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve. Biota Neotropica 21(1): e20201050. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2020-1050 Abstract: Studies on biological diversity are essential to generate baseline information in natural protected areas. In the present study, we developed a multi-taxonomic inventory in the Sierra del Abra Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve, located northeast of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Systematic samplings were performed between January 2017 to May 2018, for the taxonomic groups of flora, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. A total of 3 730 records of 683 species were obtained, corresponding to 427 species of flora, 10 of amphibians, 20 of reptiles, 192 of birds, and 34 of mammals, from which 47 species are threatened. The results obtained represent the critical biodiversity that can be found in this natural protected area. The information will be useful for decision-making on the management and conservation of biodiversity in the Sierra Madre Oriental’s ecological corridor. -
March - May 2002 REGISTRATIONS
NEW ORCHID HYBRIDS March - May 2002 REGISTRATIONS Supplied by the Royal Horticultural Society as International Cultivar Registration Authority for Orchid Hybrids NAME PARENTAGE REGISTERED BY (O/U = Originator unknown) AËRIDOVANDA Diane de Olazarra Aër. lawrenceae x V. Robert's Delight R.F. Orchids ANGULOCASTE Shimazaki Lyc. Concentration x Angcst. Olympus Kokusai(J.Shimazaki) ASCOCENDA Adkins Calm Sky Ascda. Meda Arnold x Ascda. Adkins Purple Sea Adkins Orch.(O/U) Adkins Purple Sea Ascda. Navy Blue x V. Varavuth Adkins Orch.(O/U) Gold Sparkler Ascda. Crownfox Sparkler x Ascda. Fuchs Gold R.F. Orchids Marty Brick V. lamellata x Ascda. Motes Mandarin Motes Mary Zick V. Doctor Anek x Ascda. Crownfox Inferno R.F. Orchids Mary's Friend Valerie Ascda. John De Biase x Ascda. Nopawan Motes Thai Classic V. Kultana Gold x Ascda. Fuchs Gold How Wai Ron(R.F.Orchids) BARDENDRUM Cosmo-Pixie Bard. Nanboh Pixy x Bark. skinneri Kokusai Pink Cloud Epi. centradenium x Bark. whartoniana Hoosier(Glicenstein/Hoosier) Risque Epi. Phillips Jesup x Bark. whartoniana Hoosier(Glicenstein/Hoosier) BRASSOCATTLEYA Ernesto Alavarce Bc. Pastoral x C. Nerto R.B.Cooke(R.Altenburg) Maidosa Bc. Maikai x B. nodosa S.Benjamin Nobile's Pink Pitch Bc. Pink Dinah x Bc. Orglade's Pink Paws S.Barani BRASSOLAELIOCATTLEYA Angel's Glory Bl. Morning Glory x C. Angelwalker H & R Beautiful Morning Bl. Morning Glory x Lc. Bonanza Queen H & R Castle Titanic Blc. Oconee x Lc. Florália's Triumph Orchidcastle Clearwater Gold Blc. Waikiki Gold x Blc. Yellow Peril R.B.Cooke(O/U) Copper Clad Lc. Lee Langford x Blc. -
SOOS September 2012
SOUTHERN ONTARIO ORCHID SOCIETY NEWS September 2012, Volume 47, Issue 8 Web site: www.soos.ca ; Member of the Canadian Orchid Congress; Affiliated with the American Orchid Society, the Orchid Digest and the International Phalaenopsis Alliance. Membership: Annual Dues $30 per calendar year (January 1 to December 31 ). Surcharge $15 for newsletter by postal service. Membership secretary: Marilyn Crompton, #1908-21 Overlea Blvd., Toronto ON M4H 1P2, phone 416-467- 0018 Promenea Chameleon 'Rhys' AM-AOS Plant by Mario and Conni Ferrusi photo PP Executive: President, Yvonne Schreiber, 905-473-3405; Vice- president Laura Liebgott, 905-883-5290; Secretary, Sue Meeting Sunday, Loftus 905-839-8281; Treasurer, John Vermeer, 905-823- September 2, 2516 Other Positions of Responsibility: Program, Mario Ferrusi; Toronto Botanical Plant Doctor, Doug Kennedy; Meeting Set up, Tom Atkinson; Garden, Sales at Vendor and Sales table coordinator, Diane Ryley; Membership, Marilyn Crompton, Eric Terreau, Karen noon, program at 1 Hazelton; Web Master, Max Wilson; Newsletter, Peter and pm. Speaker: Ron Mc Inge Poot; Annual Show, Peter Poot; Refreshments, Joe Hatton, PhD. Ron is currently O’Regan. Conservation Committee, Susan Shaw, Tom the head of administration at Atkinson; Show table, Iryna Bonya. the American Orchid Society. Honorary Life Members: Terry Kennedy, Doug Kennedy, Inge Ron has been an orchid Poot, Peter Poot, Joe O’Regan, Diane Ryley, Wayne Hingston. personality for many many Annual Show: February 16 – 17, 2013 years. He is well known around the world for his many excellent lectures and articles and his tireless dedication to the well being of the orchid world. Ron will be talking to us on Orchid Pests and Diseases, a subject we can all relate to and one that Ron is sure to give a new twist. -
Diversidad De Orquídeas En Áreas Silvestres Y De Uso Antrópico De La Región Del Tequendama, Cordillera Oriental De Colombia
DIVERSIDAD DE ORQUÍDEAS EN ÁREAS SILVESTRES Y DE USO ANTRÓPICO DE LA REGIÓN DEL TEQUENDAMA, CORDILLERA ORIENTAL DE COLOMBIA MARGARITA MARÍA LÓPEZ ARDILA PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES Y RURALES CARRERA DE ECOLOGÍA BOGOTÁ, D.C. 2018 DIVERSIDAD DE ORQUÍDEAS EN ÁREAS SILVESTRES Y DE USO ANTRÓPICO DE LA REGIÓN DEL TEQUENDAMA, CORDILLERA ORIENTAL DE COLOMBIA Presentado por: MARGARITA MARÍA LÓPEZ ARDILA Trabajo de grado como requisito para optar el título profesional de Ecóloga Director JUAN CAMILO ORDÓÑEZ BLANCO Codirector MARÍA ÁNGELA ECHEVERRY GALVIS PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA FACULTAD DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES Y RURALES PROGRAMA DE ECOLOGÍA BOGOTÁ, D.C. 2018 2 Agradecimientos Un agradecimiento especial a mi Familia, a Juan Camilo Ordoñez desde el Jardín Botánico por su guianza, a Nicolás López en la parte estadística, a María Ángela Echeverry por el acompañamiento, a Carlos Andrés Arias por los recorridos dentro de la Reserva, a Lina Pedraza por abrirnos las puertas, al grupo de Colecciones Vivas del Jardín Botánico, a Carlos Rene López en la parte de SIG y al profe Gustavo Morales, Finalmente a los especialistas Elizabeth Santiago, Luis Baquero y Stig Dalstrom por su colaboración en la identificación de algunas especies. 3 Contenido 1. Introducción ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Descripción del tema y problema de investigación ................................................................ 8 1.2 -
The Houston Happenings October 2020 | Volume 50, Issue 6
The Houston Happenings October 2020 | Volume 50, Issue 6 Prof. Harold Koopowitz to Speak Oct. 1 By Sarah B Professor Harold Koopowitz will little essay about growing hybrid “Oh, you are in the Orchid speak via Microsoft Teams at 7 Phalaenopsis. Society? I once had an orchid...” p.m. on Thursday, October 1. Please join us for the online Most everyone has heard His biography was included in meeting and prepare any this phrase, usually after an the September newsletter. questions for him to answer. acquaintance learns you are a The title of his presentation This is a rare chance to “meet” member of Houston Orchid is “A Survey of Phalaenopsis and learn from one of the most Society. Then it is revealed the Species.” His presentation will knowledgeable botanists and Phalaenopsis was a gift someone be much more detailed than this environmentalists in the world. bought at the grocery store, and they loved it and it lasted a long time and then it died or never President’s Message By Bill C bloomed again. Here’s a picture from a lovely home with just Greetings All. We are deeply sorry. However, such a plant. continued on page 2 On October 1 we shall be we are honored that Harold meeting on this year’s Harvest Koopowitz will be able to speak Moon with speaker Harold at our October meeting. All of Koopowitz. It is a good time to you please join us as we believe reflect how our growing season we have worked out the kinks we has been and make modifications experienced in September. -
Ecology / Ecología
Botanical Sciences 99(4): 771-790. 2021 Received: November 4, 2020, Accepted: February 24, 2021 DOI: 10.17129/botsci.2785Miranda-Molina et al. / BotanicalOn line Sciencesfirst: August 99(4): 5, 2021 771-790. 2021 Ecology / Ecología POLLINATION SUCCESS IN THREE TROPICAL DRY FOREST ORCHID SPECIES FROM MEXICO: INSIGHTS FROM FLORAL DISPLAY, VISITATION RATES, AND FLOWER MICROMORPHOLOGY ÉXITO DE LA POLINIZACIÓN EN TRES ORQUÍDEAS DEL BOSQUE TROPICAL CADUCIFOLIO DE MÉXICO: APRECIACIONES A PARTIR DEL DESPLIEGUE FLORAL, TASAS DE VISITAS Y MICROMORFOLOGÍA FLORAL 1 1 2 1 YAZMÍN M. MIRANDA-MOLINA , EDGAR J. GONZÁLEZ , JUDITH MÁRQUEZ-GUZMÁN , JORGE A. MEAVE 1 AND EDUARDO A. PÉREZ-GARCÍA * 1 Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico. 2 Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico. *Author for correspondence: [email protected] Abstract Background: Despite long-lasting efforts to disentangle the drivers of orchid pollination, pollination success in tropical dry forest orchids remains largely unknown. Questions and hypothesis: How successful are pollination in three tropical dry forest orchids? How is pollination influenced by floral display and floral rewards (as suggested by floral micromorphology)? We hypothesized a positive effect of floral display on pollinia removal and deposition rates. Studied species: Barkeria whartoniana (C. Schweinf.) Soto Arenas, Clowesia dodsoniana E. Aguirre, and Cyrtopodium macrobulbon (La Llave & Lex.) G.A. Romero & Carnevali. Study site and dates: Nizanda (Oaxaca), Mexico; flowering periods of 2013 and 2014. Methods: We calculated pollinia removal and deposition rates, identified floral visitors and analyzed flower microstructure to search for structures potentially producing rewards. -
Ascocentrum Ampullaceum by Martin Motes Sparkling Vibrant Flowers Crown a Charming Miniature Orchid
COLLECTor’s item Ascocentrum ampullaceum By Martin Motes Sparkling Vibrant Flowers Crown a Charming Miniature Orchid AMONG THE EARLIEST HARBING- ers of spring in our greenhouses are the clustered buds peaking from the leaf axils of Ascocentrum ampullaceum. The hya- cinth-like spikes of amethyst flowers will start opening on the Indian varieties of the species in March and continue on the Bur- mese and Thai varieties into April and early May. Well-grown specimens can produce up to eight spikes so tall as to nearly eclipse the diminutive plant. Up to 4¾-inch (1.75 cm) full-formed flowers are carried on each spike. In most individuals the flowers are concolor lavender to deep amethyst with a sparkling texture which makes them glisten like jewels. Ascocentrum ampullaceum starts blooming on seedlings as small as 2½–3 inches (6.25–7.5 cm) and can be grown into impressive specimens in a small space. Plants of this species are ideal for windowsill or light culture. The plant ar- chitecture also is user-friendly for growers in temper- ate regions. Unlike most other species in the genus, which are high-light-re- quiring plants with Martin Motes narrow hard leaves, Asctm. ampullaceum has broad leaves that gather light more efficiently. Under high-light growing conditions, Asctm. ampullaceum produces numerous freckles of purple pigment in its leaves, indicating S its need for more nutrients and water under ALLIKA bright conditions. EG 1 R Ascocentrum ampullaceum was first G described by William Roxburgh as Aerides widespread and variable species might on [1] Ascocentrum ampullaceum ‘Crownfox ampullacea in 1814.