Cuban Orchids in the forest...

[Triffid]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Ooooh, sooooo pretty

I just love to see pics of orchids growing in the wild. You've got some great shots there.

[got ants]

I wish I could speak and read spanish...

...this looks interesting....

Transplante de polyrrhiza lindenii (orquídea fantasma) de botella a corcho - Foro de InfoJardín

[flhiker]

Originally Posted by got ants

I wish I could speak and read spanish...

...this looks interesting....

Transplante de polyrrhiza lindenii (orquídea fantasma) de botella a corcho - Foro de InfoJardín

Maybe you can get Joe to translate.

[prem]

I would think the green lid on that ghost-arium set up would greatly diminish the usable light for the plants. The reason plant tissue radiates green light is that it absorbs a lot of other colors besides green. If all you have is green light, there ain't much for them to use.

---Prem

[prem]

BTW, I was able to use babelfish to get an acceptable, if a bit stilted, translation of that page. Just go to:

Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation

and input the URL into the text field and pick Spanish to English as the translation.

---Prem

[Justin Parkkonen]

Awesome! Please please please post more! Do you have photos of any epiphytes or lithophytes?

[got ants]

I'd like to put a request for some specific orchids, if you can Josh..

Any and all Tolumnias (equitant oncidiums)

Any species of Encyclias.

Vanillas, oncidiums,

Also, do you have Dendrophylax Funalis in Cuba?

[Swamper]

Sorry didn't see the translation request till now. Guess you guys got it.

[JoseAndres]

sorry!!
My internet connection fail for a few days... but here I go again...

Do you still want me to translate the article?

Enjoy this journey to a very nice place, deep inside the forest, very near the south coast of the westernmost part of my province...
You´re going to see some species of Encyclia, we are trying to classify... but we consider it a variation of a recently described E. bocourtii. This place is a wonderful natural laboratory. The Encyclia are my passion...

Vanill planifolia first pic! not a good one...

[JoseAndres]

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