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isotria medeoloides Rare & Endangered

Question:

UGH!!!!!! Just rub it in why dont you?????? But thats ok, I will just sit back, with my feet up in my little word of Cyp. deprivation slowly going crazy while I try and track down some fool in Ozzie land that does have some species Cyps up for grabs… Kye.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The lawns??  I have a few pushing up through the concrete floor of the basement… — Reka  ;-) http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html "I hate flowers – I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move."        –Georgia O’Keeffe Oh Kye  they are everywhere…..we have to spray to keep them from invading the lawns <grin.

Response:

Ok here’s a new question for you orchid lovers. Today I went to take pictures of the Cyp. acaule that I found.  In my excitement I forgot to take fresh batteries.  I’ll go back tomorrow and try again. While I was there I found isotria medeoloides.  I only found one in bloom but there were several immature plants.  From what I read about this plant it is very rare and endangered.  It’s a small interesting flower and if I wasn’t an orchid lover would never had paid it much attention. So here’s the question.  Should I tell someone in the horticulture world that I have found this?  Is there an official group who should be aware of this? Gene

Response:

Hi Gene,    I medeloides is, indeed, rare, but it seems that there’s a consensus in the wild-orchid-watching community that they’re not quite as rare as once thought…they’re just very overlooked. It’s also possible that you’re seeing I. verticilata, which is larger and more common.  I don’t know the finer points of ID’ing either one (they don’t grow anywhere nearby). Your best bet would probably be to leave your locality secret unless you discover that something is going to happen to disturb it (like ever encroaching development). – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ok here’s a new question for you orchid lovers. Today I went to take pictures of the Cyp. acaule that I found.  In my excitement I forgot to take fresh batteries.  I’ll go back tomorrow and try again. While I was there I found isotria medeoloides.  I only found one in bloom but there were several immature plants.  From what I read about this plant it is very rare and endangered.  It’s a small interesting flower and if I wasn’t an orchid lover would never had paid it much attention. So here’s the question.  Should I tell someone in the horticulture world that I have found this?  Is there an official group who should be aware of this? Gene

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Gene, I have no knowledge of the plants’ situation or status, but assuming your understanding is correct:  The best thing – in my opinion – is to photograph the daylights out of the plants and their habitat, and DO NOT disclose the location to anyone.  Then publish the photos as broadly as possible as a means of drumming up support for the protection of the area. — Ray Barkalow < First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info!

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ok here’s a new question for you orchid lovers. Today I went to take pictures of the Cyp. acaule that I found.  In my excitement I forgot to take fresh batteries.  I’ll go back tomorrow and try again. While I was there I found isotria medeoloides.  I only found one in bloom but there were several immature plants.  From what I read about this plant it is very rare and endangered.  It’s a small interesting flower and if I wasn’t an orchid lover would never had paid it much attention. So here’s the question.  Should I tell someone in the horticulture world that I have found this?  Is there an official group who should be aware of this? Gene

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And post LOTS of pics to A.B.P.O and send heaps to my inbox… I’m having orchid photo withdrawals ever ince my drive crash… Kye. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Gene, I have no knowledge of the plants’ situation or status, but assuming your understanding is correct:  The best thing – in my opinion – is to photograph the daylights out of the plants and their habitat, and DO NOT disclose the location to anyone.  Then publish the photos as broadly as possible as a means of drumming up support for the protection of the area. — Ray Barkalow < First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! Ok here’s a new question for you orchid lovers. Today I went to take pictures of the Cyp. acaule that I found.  In my excitement I forgot to take fresh batteries.  I’ll go back tomorrow and try again. While I was there I found isotria medeoloides.  I only found one in bloom but there were several immature plants.  From what I read about this plant it is very rare and endangered.  It’s a small interesting flower and if I wasn’t an orchid lover would never had paid it much attention. So here’s the question.  Should I tell someone in the horticulture world that I have found this?  Is there an official group who should be aware of this? Gene

Response:

I returned to the site tonight to verify the identity. Unfortunately, it is isotria verticillata.  The flower is almost 2 inches long.  The sepals are dark purplish and the stem is purple near the ground. The good news is that I found it in two locations as well as another site of Cyp. acaule. The few flowers of Isotria were in pretty poor shape.  Seed capsules were beginning to form.  I’ll return in a week or so to see if some of the immature plants bloom when they open but the looked quite small. Gene

Response:

Kye, I placed three pics out on ABPO for you. Enjoy. Gene

Response:

I returned to the site tonight to verify the identity. Unfortunately, it is isotria verticillata.  The flower is almost 2 inches long.  The sepals are dark purplish and the stem is purple near the ground. The good news is that I found it in two locations as well as another site of Cyp. acaule. The few flowers of Isotria were in pretty poor shape.  Seed capsules were beginning to form.  I’ll return in a week or so to see if some of the immature plants bloom when they open but the looked quite small.

It’s unlikely that the other plants will bloom…they are likely seedlings, which in Pogonia-types, look like a scaled down version of the adult plant, minus the bloom stem part. Finding an I. verticillata is nothing to sneeze at either…they are very lovely plants. —Prem www.premdesign.com

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UGH I hate my server… I missed them, would you mind e-mailing them to me please ??? Kye.

Response:

Never mind… I checked it again, they were there. I love the Cyp. Acaule pix…. E-Gads you Americans are lucky to have the Cyps growing so nice and handy at this time of the year… Mind you, us Aussies have one or two nice orchids as well… )) Kye

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Oh Kye  they are everywhere…..we have to spray to keep them from invading the lawns <grin. Gene

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Never mind… I checked it again, they were there. I love the Cyp. Acaule pix…. E-Gads you Americans are lucky to have the Cyps growing so nice and handy at this time of the year… Mind you, us Aussies have one or two nice orchids as well… )) Kye

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The lawns??  I have a few pushing up through the concrete floor of the basement… — Reka  ;-) http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html "I hate flowers – I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move."        –Georgia O’Keeffe – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh Kye  they are everywhere…..we have to spray to keep them from invading the lawns <grin.

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