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Today's Topics:
1. Encyclia (Jose A. Izquierdo)
2. rare orchid not found (Virginia) / follow-up
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3. a note of thanks / Trigonidium 'excelsa' ?
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4. Dendrobium Mousmee (Bernard Gerrard)
5. Encyclia and Latin genders ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
6. Fr. Ortiz (Andy Easton)
7. Isotria medeoloides ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 06:42:47 -0400
From: "Jose A. Izquierdo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OGD] Encyclia
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The derived name is female... so the specific epithet should be female.
Notice I said should, remember one of the quirks of nomenclature rules is
that even though concordance in gender is required, an author can mispell
a
name and the name still be valid.
Jose
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 07:43:54 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [OGD] rare orchid not found (Virginia) / follow-up
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"Two days of slogging through woods and swamps ... on hands and knees
turned up no evidence of a tiny, rare orchid [
Isotria medeoloides] in New Kent County [Virginia].
For six months, county officials waited for the federally threatened small
whorled pogonia to bloom before starting construction on a $17 million
public-utilities project...
Last fall, potential habitats where the rare plant could exist were
identified at seven sites where the county plans to run water and sewer
lines. But county officials had to wait for the wild orchid to start
flowering before looking. The plant flowers from about mid-May to
mid-June.
"We did anticipate early in the process that these species might be
present. It was just unfortunate we couldn't do definitive surveys
previously," said Ian Frost, a consultant who is helping the county obtain
environmental permits for the project.
Over the weekend, an expert certified to identify federally protected
plants, along with an environmental consultant, searched for the orchid
and
another threatened plant, swamp pink, which was not found during an
earlier
inspection.
....
If the small whorled pogonia had been found, it could have boosted the
project's cost by $250,000 to $300,000 in order to drill beneath the
plants...
This weekend, areas along the next phase of the county's utility plan...
also will be surveyed for endangered or threatened species"
source :
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782952768
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Regards,
Viateur
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:22:21 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [OGD] a note of thanks / Trigonidium 'excelsa' ?
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Thanks to our Colombian colleagues,
Guillermo Angulo
and
Pedro Ortiz Valdivieso,
for their help in trying to clarify the status of the name "Trigonidium
excelsa" published in the souvenir program of the 7th World Orchid
Conference (p. 114).
According to Pedro Ortiz :
1) the name "Trigonidium excelsa" (actually, the epithet should be
'excelsum') has not been validly published ;
2) the name possibly refers to the species Trigonidium insigne.
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Regards,
Viateur
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:27:23 -0400
From: Bernard Gerrard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OGD] Dendrobium Mousmee
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Can anyone supply some information about Dendrobium Mousmee? A web
search and my reference books have given little concrete information
about this old hybrid. Bernard C. Gerrard
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:01:12 -0400
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Subject: [OGD] Encyclia and Latin genders
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Peter [O'Byrne] asked : "Do you know if the derived Latin noun [Encyclia]
is neuter or female ?"
I thought I knew but, since my classes of Latin were most elementary and
were taken many years ago, I felt it was desirable to check with a
specialist.
My gratitude to Pedro Ortiz Valdivieso (Colombia) who kindly provided the
following info :
"Actually, the Greek verb is enkykleomai which means 'I encircle'.
The adjective enkyklios has several meanings including 'circular' (for
example, in the sense of encyclical letters) ; from that adjective, the
feminine form (enkyklia) was applied to a genus, transforming it into a
feminine substantive."
[my translation]
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Regards,
Viateur
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:54:34 -0400
From: "Andy Easton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OGD] Fr. Ortiz
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Thank you Viateur for a most complete summary from the venerable Fr Ortiz,
the first AOS approved taxonomic authority from Colombia. Just another
wonderful AOS service for orchid growers worldwide, through the generosity
of the taxonomic authorities who share their time and the AOS which
coordinates their efforts. I am still very grateful that my parents made
me
study Latin in High School and although I hated it at the time, enough has
stuck to make me somewhat aware of Latin to this day.
Andy Easton
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:52:02 -0400
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Subject: [OGD] Isotria medeoloides
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more on the orchid which suspected occurrence held up a a public works
project in Virginia :
"Fewer than 500 small whorled pogonia plants, also called Isotria
medeoloides, have been found in 15 to 20 sites in Virginia, said Chris
Ludwig, chief biologist in the natural heritage division of the Virginia
Department of Conservation and Recreation.
In addition to being on the federal endangered species list, the plants
are
classified as endangered under the Virginia Endangered Plant and Insect
Species Act."
source :
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-sou--rareorchid0527may27,0,1399499.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia
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Regards,
Viateur
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