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01-21-2007, 09:55 AM
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Not an orchid but I'm sure one of you will have the answer:
My friend Linda gave me this wonderful planting and I'd like to find out what the correct name of it is...anybody out there know?  |
01-21-2007, 11:06 AM
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Hi, I have one it is called an ant plant .. true name is Dischidia pectinoides .  Gin
Dischidia pectinoides, Ant Plant
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01-21-2007, 12:00 PM
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Thanks Gin 
Hey everybody! I have a Dischidia pectinoides 
from my good friend Linda  |
01-21-2007, 01:32 PM
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These are really neat, you'll enjoy it! I saw many species in the rainforest of Dominica, and they are really interesting weeds! They make these "bead entrances" (which will lead you right off a cliff if you go through some of them  )...
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01-21-2007, 01:55 PM
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From the leaf shape, vining nature, and flower size/color, I would guess its a Dischidia of some kind.
 I see Gin beat me to it, hehe.
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01-21-2007, 08:46 PM
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What DA? 
Oh ! its the plant 
OMG I could not imagine what shell that was!  |
01-22-2007, 01:37 AM
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Does it come with the ants?
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01-22-2007, 09:09 AM
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 Haven't seen any!
But thanks for planting the idea in my head
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01-22-2007, 10:30 AM
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This is in fact Dischidia vidalii. pectinoides is a synonym. I have a number of Dischidias species and only a few develop these types of bullate leaves. Dischidia major is another. I've been growing then for 10 years and never had an ant take up housekeeping. This are not native to Central or South America but the South Pacific islands such as Indonesia, Phillipines, Australia, Malaysia, etc.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harrywitmore
This are not native to Central or South America but the South Pacific islands such as Indonesia, Phillipines, Australia, Malaysia, etc.
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I knew they were native to Asia, but thought they may have also been distributed in the Americas. I will have to find the picture of the large plants in situ in the rainforest... perhaps it was a relative of Dischidia then?
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