wild phrag from Panama

[fbrem]

haven't posted any pics in a while and thought of some orchids I photographed in Pamama while replying to a recent encyclia thread. It's a division of a local wild plant grown by the park guard/staff at Fortuna Forest Reserve in western Panama. Sorry the pics are so cruddy was much worse at photographing thins then and this was before I really started growing anything, I just though it was pretty cool.

Anyone know what it is from those subpar photos? Phrag. pearcei?

Forrest

 

[Leo Schordje]

I'm thinking one of the Panamanian variant of Phrag longifolium - Phrag hincksianum would be my guess. Leaf is narrow and sedge like leaves are typical of hincksianum, and the plant size seems right. Phrag pearcei is smaller, less brown, and has a different spotting pattern.

 

[biothanasis]

Cool, whatever it is...!!!

 

[ORG]

Dear Forrest,
many thanks for the pictures.
It is a Phrag. hartwegii. You can see it at the near hairless staminode.
Phrag. hincksianum is only a dubious synonym of longifolium.

Best greetings from Japan

Olaf

 

[kentuckiense]

Looks like a dipteran in the pouch, eh? Not surprising... These things look like they would be fly pollinated. Very neat!

 

[NYEric]

Thanx for sharing.

 

[philoserenus]

i have an odd Q to ask: pouches that collect water, isn't that bad?

 

[kentuckiense]

i have an odd Q to ask: pouches that collect water, isn't that bad?

Sure. As you can see, water in the labellum kills potential pollenators. However, it appears that not much can be done about that!

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Dear Forrest,
many thanks for the pictures.
It is a Phrag. hartwegii. You can see it at the near hairless staminode.
Phrag. hincksianum is only a dubious synonym of longifolium.

Best greetings from Japan

Olaf

Sounds good to me! Very interesting photo!

 

[P-chan]

Cool pics! I love seeing plants in their natural environment. Thank you!

 

[Leo Schordje]

Dear Forrest,
many thanks for the pictures.
It is a Phrag. hartwegii. You can see it at the near hairless staminode.
Phrag. hincksianum is only a dubious synonym of longifolium.

Best greetings from Japan

Olaf

Sorry Olaf, I have not 'updated' my mental list of the valid varients of that group of Phrags. A plant that is nearly identical to the image has been distributed for years as hincksianum in the Chicago area, I never thought to double check that identification in recent years. In the early 1990's that was considered good. I'll hit the books before I give another species talk. Thanks for the alert.

 

[rdlsreno]

Love it! Must have one!


Ramon

 

[SlipperKing]

Looks like a dipteran in the pouch, eh? Not surprising... These things look like they would be fly pollinated. Very neat!

It probably wasn't the right pollinator or it wouldn't of died.

i have an odd Q to ask: pouches that collect water, isn't that bad?

In the greenhouse if I get water in the pouch, the bottom of the pouch rots out. That not good for trapping pollinators either! Of course I'm not looking for pollinators in the GH anyway.

 

[kentuckiense]

It probably wasn't the right pollinator or it wouldn't of died.

I think it died from drowning in the water that collected in the labellum.