isurus79 and Subrosa, I've admitted over and over that I might be wrong. I'm human, I'm fallible, I make mistakes...I'm a blind man only feeling one part of an elephant. But just telling me that I'm wrong over and over in different ways isn't helpful to myself or anybody else interested in actually learning about evolution, biology, conservation and orchids. What's helpful is if you actually cite some relevant sources that refute my own sources. Of course, this does require more work than simply saying that I'm wrong in different ways.
In my latest blog entry (here it is in case you missed it...
Herclivation), I've cited numerous high quality sources that I believe support my theory. If you're capable of refuting those sources, then please go ahead and do so. If you're incapable of refuting them, or too lazy to bother even trying to refute them, then your perspective on the topic has been duly noted. Thanks for your contribution.
But given the fact that neither of you think the topic is important enough create even one blog entry for...I don't think either of you are here because you're genuinely concerned about Dendrophylax or even conservation in general. But then again, I could be wrong. Perhaps you've started some threads in the past on the topic of conservation? If so, I'd certainly be interested to see them.
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Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer
To add to all the misinformed and misguided drivel posted about D. lindenii, now epiphyte78 seems to be moving the subject to hummingbirds and introducing them to the rest of the world!! Unbelievable!! Not to mention that if it we're done the poor birds would starve because the plants they feed on are all in the Americas.
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What percentage of the plants in Southern California that hummingbirds regularly visit are natives?
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Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer
The text you quote also includes two words apparently invented by epiphyte78 (herclivation and transolation) which have absolutely no meaning to anyone except epiphyte78. But I will admit that in this regard, epiphyte78 has inspired me. I have decided to create my own made-up word. The word is bloefleuvinate. It is pronounced blo-FLOO-vih-nate. It is a verb which means to actively avoid reading about incoherent, half-baked and misguided ideas promoted by the chronically and unrepentantly uninformed.
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All words were invented by somebody. My theory doesn't have a word for it, that I know of, so I took the liberty of giving it one. Not unlike taking the liberty of naming a new hybrid. Now, instead of having to say "a theory that considers the possibility of facilitating the adaptive radiation of epiphytic orchids via translocation and/or hybridization"...I can simply say "herclivation". That's pretty convenient. Language, and even math, is great like that.
And yeah, I meant to type "translocation" rather than "transolation". Sorry about that. I guess you didn't get a chance to look at any of the sources that gnathaniel linked to in his very first post in this thread. Well...better late than never.
Hybrid Mode
