Pankaj the seeds did not have the reserved food ... the sprout had to develop and grow and yet be able to accumulate the reserve
that's what's so amazing == in a few orchids grown as houseplants I have never yet seen a pod develop must be very rare i have even tried hand pollinating but no... seed pods may be wrong technique, timing, etc Usha di =========== On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Very simple....THEY STAY ALIVE ON RESERVED FOOD MATERIAL (in this case the > reserved food material is in the swollen stem). > But orchids do die in harsh conditions. Its like survival of the fittest. > You can imagine, one fruit of an orchid can have 1000s and 1000s of seeds, > but you dont get to see so many plants or seedlings around.... the answer > is more than 80% of them dont survive !! > Pankaj > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> nice terrestrial orchid again >> >> its a wonder such beauty survives in such harsh rocky (almost no soil >> but the fallenb leaf and some mosss may be) foothold. >> >> usha di >> >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Cheirostylis yunnanensis Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 201 (1896). >>> Synonyms: >>> Cheirostylis josephi Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 65 >>> (1921). >>> Cheirostylis munnacampensis A.N.Rao, Nordic J. Bot. 8: 340 (1988). >>> Cheirostylis pabongnensis Lucksom, Indian J. Forest. 20: 305 (1997). >>> >>> Family: Orchidaceae >>> Distribution: Hong Kong, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam >>> >>> -- >>> ****************************************************** >>> **************************************************************** >>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>> >>> *Office*: >>> >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> Orchid Conservation Section >>> >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> *Residence*: >>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > > > -- > ****************************************************** > **************************************************************** > *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. > *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* > > *Office*: > > Conservation Officer > > Orchid Conservation Section > > Flora Conservation Department > > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > *Residence*: > House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen > Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] > *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
