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04-26-2012, 10:41 PM
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Platystele stenostachya
This plant is constantly in bloom, got it from Andy's Orchids about 6 years. It has really grown since then. It has never been out of flower. Here is my most recent attempt at getting a picture of the tiny tiny tiny tiny did I say TINY!!!! flowers. The flowers I would say are about 4-6 mm in legth from top to bottom.
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04-27-2012, 07:52 PM
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ohmygoodness! that IS tiny! Very cool! Great pic!
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04-27-2012, 09:53 PM
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Neat one!
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04-27-2012, 10:03 PM
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Thats nice. I wonder, what would be the pollinators.
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04-27-2012, 10:22 PM
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Maybe fruit flies. I get a lot of fruitr from this orchid, I think its fruit flies. I put fruit flies in the terrarium where this plant is in to feed the salamanders I keep in there.
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04-27-2012, 10:30 PM
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I would love!... to see your garden. I'm expanding. lol
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04-27-2012, 10:58 PM
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Cool shot and a really neat plant, Tindo.
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04-27-2012, 11:29 PM
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Really cool Tindo! I find Platysteles fascinating. The plants and flowers are so tiny but very intricate.
I believe many Pleurothallids are pollinated by fungus gnats in the wild (Draculas for sure), so something like a fruit fly would probably make a good pollinator.
What type of salamanders do you keep in there?
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04-27-2012, 11:56 PM
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I have a 4 toed salamander which was rescued from a botany class 4 years ago. They went out to a bog and collected a bucket full of sphagnum. When they got back from the trip in the sphagnum was a little 4 toed salamander. Been with me ever since.
I see him/her every three months or so.
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Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots?"
Goblin Market
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04-28-2012, 12:32 AM
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Very cool! Does it only need FFs or do you feed something bigger sometimes?
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