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12-27-2009, 08:46 PM
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Epidendrum vesicatum
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12-27-2009, 09:22 PM
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That is such a cool plant and like always good growing!
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An orchid by any other name would smell just as sweet!
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12-28-2009, 12:45 AM
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Very cool!! Any idea why it has adapted such a strange growing habit? Is it from an area where things could easily hurt the blooms, thus necessitating a protective spiking habit?
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12-28-2009, 09:49 AM
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That's a really interesting species, Mauro. I too am interested to learn more about why it grows the way it does, if you wouldn't mind sharing some information about its habitat, please.
Steve
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12-28-2009, 10:53 AM
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Really neat looking plant.
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12-28-2009, 05:24 PM
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Really cool!
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12-28-2009, 06:27 PM
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Wow! I have to find one of those. It's awesome!
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12-28-2009, 06:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smweaver
That's a really interesting species, Mauro. I too am interested to learn more about why it grows the way it does, if you wouldn't mind sharing some information about its habitat, please.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by isurus79
Very cool!! Any idea why it has adapted such a strange growing habit? Is it from an area where things could easily hurt the blooms, thus necessitating a protective spiking habit?
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The question is interesting, but I really don't know the reason why it is a hanging orchid. Its habitat is the humid forest of Serra do Mar, a mountain chain that faces the Atlantic Ocean and is the home of countless other 'upright' orchids (L. purpurata, tenebrosa, lobata, Cattleya intermedia, acklandiae, guttata just to mention a few of the most known ones). This Epidendrum likes shaded places where other orchids also thrive, so the environment is not a menace to the flowers... I'm really clueless as to why it is pendant! But, it seems to take advantage of this characteristic because it was once spread from the State of Pernambuco down to the State of Rio Grande do Sul (more than 3.000 Km from one point to the other). 
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12-28-2009, 07:22 PM
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That has to be the coolest orchid I've seen. Way to grow Mauro
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12-29-2009, 01:24 AM
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Maybe it has to do with what pollinates it. Is there any info on that? It is a very interesting question. 
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