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Journal Number 101
November 2006
ELEMENTARY ED HATCH
The Epiphytes 1
Drawings by Bruce Irwin and Ian St George
Evergreen plants growing on trees and rocks.
These are tropical forms at the southern limit of their distribution,
and the flowers are consequently
small and insignificant.
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Bulbophyllum
(bulb-leaf - the swollen pseudobulbs at the base
of the leaves)
Mat forming epiphytes growing in a mycorrhizal association with specific lichens |
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Bulbophyllum pygmaeum
(the small plant)
Pseudobulbs, small, round.
Flowers solitary, labellum white.
Distribution - endemic - Three Kings Is., North, South and Stewart Is.
Flowers - October-March - self pollinated |
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Bulbophyllum tuberculatum
(the warts on the mature pseudobulbs)
Pseudobulbs large, oblong.
Flowers several labellum orange.
Distribution - endemic - North and South Is.
Flowers - April-June - self pollinating |
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Drymoanthus
(forest flower) |
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Drymoanthus adversus
(a misnomer - the apparently opposite leaves)
Distribution - endemic - Three Kings Is., North, South, Stewart and Chatham Is.
Flowers - October-December - insect pollinated |
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Drymoanthus flavus
(the yellow of the flowers)
Distribution - endemic - North, South and Stewart Is.
Flowers - October-November - insect and/or self pollinated |
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