From in a news story published today [26 August] in The Australian : "over the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne...
The ... Tongue Orchid [Bulbophyllum fletcherianum Rolfe] is flowering for just the second time in 30 years, displaying finger-like red flowers among metre-long tongue-like leaves. The Papua New Guinea native is one of a number of plants that produce flowers smelling of rotting meat to attract blowflies, and thus help pollination. ... "They enjoy a fair bit of food, and also a lot of water and high humidity,"... Bulbophyllum Fletcherianum plants grow on host rocks in the wild, but the one in the Melbourne gardens has been grown on a piece of cork oak. The plant failed to bloom after it was planted 30 years ago, but it flowered in 2002 following a transplant" source and complete news item : http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16392358%255E1702,00.html ************** Regards, Viateur _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
