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gixrj18 08-09-2008 11:09 PM

Underground Orchid....
 
Was doing some reading in a new book that I got, and apparently there is an orchid that grows completely underground. Rhizanthella gardneri, an Australian species that spends it's whole life underground, only breaking the surface with an inflorescence to be pollinated by flies, beetles, and termites. Pretty crazy, huh?IOSPE PHOTOS

Dorothy 08-09-2008 11:16 PM

Awesome! :)
Orchids never cease to amaze me
Nice find, Jasen ...
Thanks for sharing that with us

Chubidubi 08-10-2008 05:04 PM

I read the same thing in the book "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids". It blew me away.

gixrj18 08-10-2008 06:44 PM

That's the book!

Ross 08-10-2008 06:50 PM

These things never cease to amaze me!

Lagoon 08-10-2008 07:08 PM

It's the weird and wonderful world of orchids :bowing


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