Mexypedium Re-discovery (Habitat Pics)

[Rob Zuiderwijk]

Interesting information. I haven't read the article yet, but will soon.
Thanks for pushing us in the direction of the article.

All the best,

Rob Z.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Thanks for the heads up on this one Ramón. Neat to see them in the wild. Given their size I guess there's a pretty good chance more will pop up in the years to come.

 

[Leo Schordje]

Given the amount of moss, ferns, and other green leafy foliage its surprising they call this plant xeric. It looks like a lot of the karst areas here in Tennessee. I think I saw a rainfall number for the Mexican habitat that was similar to TN also ( about 36 to 48 inches per year). Obviously it gets colder here in TN.

Most Phrags come from VERY wet habitats, 48 inches of rain a year is maybe half the rainfall of the more typical Phrag habitats. Most habitat descriptions include words like slash zones of waterfalls, stream banks, and other soggy locations. By comparison, this habitat is "xeric". These photos are a clue that you should not try to grow xeriphyticum with the cacti.

 

[Lars Pedersen]

Hi
First of all.... thanks alot for bringing the article to our atention

Sadly the same issue of LANKESTERIANA is in memorial of Miguel Ángel Soto Arenas one of the people who first described this species

http://www.jardinbotanicolankester....9(3) 2009/04 Perez Garcia & Hagsater.pdf .pdf

I grow it wet....
I grow it in "Greenmix", a rockwool mix. It is the same I use for my Phrag´s
The "secret" in growing in rockwool is that it must never get dry.

Thanks again
Lars

 

[kentuckiense]

Sadly the same issue of LANKESTERIANA is in memorial of Miguel Ángel Soto Arenas one of the people who first described this species

http://www.jardinbotanicolankester....9(3) 2009/04 Perez Garcia & Hagsater.pdf .pdf

Wow. The article only mentions it once, but he was murdered.

 

[NYEric]

 

[kentuckiense]

I found the story on a local Mexican news site. They think the motive was solely auto theft. What a shame.

 

[NYEric]

Stupid and sad.

 

[Lars Pedersen]

I would like to sugest that the next fine clone, should be named after Miguel Soto....

how can we spread the word ?

All the best

 

[VAAlbert]

Re: Mexipedium culture, I have them growing in New Zealand sphagnum and putting out grhigh eat roots. I do foliar feeding for all of my slippers, and this obviates pH problems when fertilizing.

 

[naoki]

I happen to find a human translated version:

https://m.facebook.com/notes/asocia...mexipedium-xerophyticum/749835665044123/?_rdr

 

[monocotman]

Great link!
Thanks,
David

 

[NYEric]

Thanks. I went to language camp in Oaxtepec, that location must be out there. I hope someone gets enough seedlings to retore that area at some point.

 

[Tom-DE]

well, at least the new discovery may stop the "inbreeding" in the future IMO.

Thanks for the news/article.