FYI :
"the leafless beaked orchid (Sacoila lanceolata)
[see a photo : http://www.news-journalonline.com/downloads/0604orc.jpg]
...
Its numbers are small, its annual period of glory brief and its colonies
are outside obvious lines of sight -- unless you're really looking.
...
threatened native Florida orchid...
More than 350 Sacoilas are in bloom this season ... between Daytona Beach
and DeLand.
The blossoms represent:
� a comeback of native flora in a disturbed area.
� a partnership between the Volusia County Orchid Society, Florida
Department of Transportation and the contracted maintenance crews that mow
publicly owned roadsides and medians.
...
the plant colonies were marked and also that maintenance crews were alerted
to mow around the orchids instead of over them.
Tonjes first flagged a Sacoila colony last year, meaning he roped off an
area by marking it with small flags.
This year, Reinoso tracked the orchids' emergence and got DOT permission to
do the flagging. She marked several colonies, at times only steps ahead of
the mowers.
... timing is crucial. A mowing before a plant sets seed is a death sentence.
...
The leafless beaked orchid is a terrestrial plant that thrives in the open
roadside conditions.
...
The local protection effort has allowed the plants' numbers in Volusia
County to swell in just one annual cycle."
source / complete news story :
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Lifestyle/Headlines/03AccentGAR02060405.htm
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