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08-16-2005, 01:15 PM
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Nice Flower Oscarman !
WOW!
I was looking through Oscarman's gallery... this one is amazing!!!
Among other things, being an amateur hobby entomologist, I can't help myself commenting on this...check out the perfect example of markings on the lip of the flower. I bet that if you'd look under UV light, these lines would glow like markings on a runway.
Just a great way of pointing an insect in the direction using the converging lines... Come here little specialized bug.... come get some some sweet nectar and I will hose you with some pollen. |
08-17-2005, 09:37 PM
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 wow That is amazing
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08-25-2005, 10:52 AM
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I really wish I could take credit for this flower. It is outstanding. I have several clones of C. dowiana and C. aurea, including C. dowiana var. rosita. While I have stopped killing them, I have not been able to convince them to flower yet! Brassavola (Rhyncholaelia) digbyana would be another one - except I don't kill these!
The pictures are a continual reminder of my goal.
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08-25-2005, 03:26 PM
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How 'bout a little tickle?
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Originally Posted by Marty
Among other things, being an amateur hobby entomologist, I can't help myself commenting on this...check out the perfect example of markings on the lip of the flower. I bet that if you'd look under UV light, these lines would glow like markings on a runway.
Just a great way of pointing an insect in the direction using the converging lines... Come here little specialized bug.... come get some some sweet nectar and I will hose you with some pollen.
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Sometimes what we don't see can be more amazing that what we do see. Marty, what do you think this flower is trying to tell the bugs.
"how 'bout a little tickle", "anyone for whisker-burn" or maybe it is just a nice soft place to land! :wink: |
08-25-2005, 04:06 PM
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Re: How 'bout a little tickle?
it probably says ...
I am green, I am hairy, come land here, stop buzzing around damit ! ...polinate me already !!!
..hehehe
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Originally Posted by Oscarman
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Originally Posted by Marty
Among other things, being an amateur hobby entomologist, I can't help myself commenting on this...check out the perfect example of markings on the lip of the flower. I bet that if you'd look under UV light, these lines would glow like markings on a runway.
Just a great way of pointing an insect in the direction using the converging lines... Come here little specialized bug.... come get some some sweet nectar and I will hose you with some pollen.
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Sometimes what we don't see can be more amazing that what we do see. Marty, what do you think this flower is trying to tell the bugs.
"how 'bout a little tickle", "anyone for whisker-burn" or maybe it is just a nice soft place to land! :wink: |
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