You are right Shrikant sir, but in general orchid seeds are so small that they surely can travel on air especially if they are dispersed during the dry and windy seasons like this one. Regards Pankaj
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:38 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: > The advent of this orchid can be with the soil transported (imported?) > for the lawn. This happened in a garden in Pune (Satishji's pics) > where the soil was dug out from the natural habitat of this orchid. > The tubers came in with the soil. Amazing, how plants travel! Regards, > Shrikant > > On Feb 8, 6:57 pm, Vijayadas D <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks a lot. >> >> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thomas, S. 1998. “The advance of Zeuxine strateumatica, a new record >> > for Saudi Arabia.” Orchid Review 106. (1221): 153-154. >> >> > This is the reference I was talking about. >> > Regards >> > Pankaj >> >> -- >> Vijayadas D >> Horticulturist EstateSupervisorDeputy >> Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210 >> Riyadh -11462 , KSA >> vijayadas.wetpaint.com -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
