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Pings and Utrics in Ecuador


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Hello everyone,

My friend Ron Parsons (author of the recent compendium of miniature orchids: http://www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/books/a-compendium-of-miniature-orchid-species-vol-1/) recently visited Ecuador and found and photographed a few beautiful CPs while there, which he kindly allowed me to share here.

The rarely photographed P.calyptrara:

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The tiny, but beautiful, epiphytic U.jamesoniana:

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The also rarely photographed (and also epiphytic) U.endresii:

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All the best,

Fernando Rivadavia

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Wonderful images of some very special plants. Quite some variation amongst the P. calyptrata flowers. What wonderful finds. Thanks to Ron and yourself for showing them to us.

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Wow Fernando! Thanks for sharing these pics (& to your buddy for sharing them with you).

The colors in the U. jamesoniana are incredibly vibrant - any idea of the elevations at which the utrics were found?

The U. endresii flower looks like it has not completely unfolded yet. Mine also stayed folded until a bit of wind hit them (well, since there is no wind in my basement - the 'wind' took the form of a finger poke). :whistling:

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Rivadavia, without a doubt this is a nice find, especially from U.endresii. Many thanks for posting these pictures forum.

Daniel, if i'm not mistaken is a member of this community that was selling seeds of this plant (P. calyptrata), take a look at the room "Sales & Wants" (sub-room for "Sales & Wants - UK & EU") which i believe his ad should still be there.

Best regards,

Rodrigo

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Wonderfull plants, none are avaliable in Australia for growers, infact I beleive N.tenax and rowanae are avaliable in Europe and the U.S but very rarly in Australia, AND THEY ARE ENDEMIC TO AUSTRALIA.

Also not in Au (as far as I know)

U.quelchii

U.purpurea

majority of pings

U.cambelliana

and I'm sure there are many more.

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