Epidendrum rondoniense L.C.Menezes

[flhiker]

That's a beautiful flower. Are these otherwise available commercially? Man for the most part has damaged most every thing it touches. They brought melaeuca trees here to dry up the Everglades so they could sell property otherwise underwater half of the year. Of course it did not work and now they are spending ton's of money to get rid of them. And after building roads that stretch across the Glades and block the natural water flow they are going to raise parts of US 41 to hopefully re-establish more of the natural flow. But most of the damage has been done and will never recover. Sorry for the rant.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by flhiker

That's a beautiful flower. Are these otherwise available commercially? Man for the most part has damaged most every thing it touches. They brought melaeuca trees here to dry up the Everglades so they could sell property otherwise underwater half of the year. Of course it did not work and now they are spending ton's of money to get rid of them. And after building roads that stretch across the Glades and block the natural water flow they are going to raise parts of US 41 to hopefully re-establish more of the natural flow. But most of the damage has been done and will never recover. Sorry for the rant.

I know how you feel! It's the same thing everywhere.
Btw, the species is commercially availabe, at least in some nurseries here in Brazil.

[Royal]

Originally Posted by Rosim_in_BR

I know how you feel! It's the same thing everywhere.

Yes it is. We don't have as many native orchids here, but we have plenty of axes. AND feral pigs, which without natural predators, destroy our native species habitats just as quickly.