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01-19-2010, 07:19 PM
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African Orchid - can anyone name it ?
I have been given a division of this by my mother who has had the plant for over 30 years ..(from Kenya)
The flowers are small & yellow (many flowers per bract). She tells me they look similar in shape to the flowers of the Doum Palm and are yellow.
Here is a photo of the plant as well as my division freshly mounted on a bit of drift wood. I hope someone can identify this.
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01-19-2010, 08:07 PM
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The only thing that comes to mind is a Tridactyle sp.
Not sure.
If it blooms, try getting a photo of it as best you can. Should they be Tridactyle, the flowers are small and may be difficult to capture on a normal camera.
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01-21-2010, 12:32 AM
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The closest Tridactyle I could think of to that description would be Tri. bicaudata. I dont think it is, but it could be a Tridactyle based on the short infloresence?
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01-21-2010, 03:06 PM
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Thank you very much both of you for your thoughts. My mum's "away from home" So, I will e mail her with your input & ideas.
She definitely grows it in the 'shade' & I gave her a 10 megapixel camera for Xmas... so hopefully she will be able to take a photo or 2 next time it flowers. I don't dare believe my division will flower ... but when it does I will definitely photograph it.... also as I have my eye on a 21 megapixel camera...when I get paid a bonus in a few months so  |
01-21-2010, 03:20 PM
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No problem.
My thoughts...I'd focus on getting a macrolens for photographing tiny flowers instead. There's limited zoom capacity on just the normal settings of the original camera.
The resolution only gets you a crisper picture. Small objects out of the stock lens' range will still appear blurry.
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03-20-2010, 10:21 AM
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update
Good news!
My mum told me hers was spiking so I looked at mine & I have spikes!!!! I will have to find someone with a macro lens to photograph when it blooms..
here are 2 pics of it now
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03-20-2010, 01:05 PM
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This is cool!
It'd be nice to see it.
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03-21-2010, 02:54 PM
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I have been 'studying' this I have taken a photo of where each new spike comes from. Iit seems that these send out a new spike next to the older ones. So & I'm glad I left the old dried up ones on .. I hope this will help with the eventual naming of it...
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03-22-2010, 03:16 PM
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Nenella, I was goofing around and came across this site, it might help identify your plant once it blooms. Orchids from Central Africa - Species
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03-25-2010, 04:38 PM
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Many thanks Joann!
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