Trouble is, do we know that global warming will delay the next glaciation . . . or accelerate its onset sooner than might otherwise have been the case. . . . . ? In the short-term it seems to be good for several UK natural species John Stanley
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: Orchids Digest, Vol 8, Issue 147 > Send Orchids mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Orchids digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Britain's flora / report ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 2. More or Less Orchids (Alan W Stephenson) > 3. Re: Orchids Digest, Vol 8, Issue 146 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 4. Xylobium palmifolium ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 5. Xylobium palmifolium (Sw.) Benth. ex Fawcett 1993 > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 6. global warming (Buzz Baxter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:23:04 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OGD] Britain's flora / report > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > "Climate change, agricultural practices and man-made habitats have > produced > challenging environments for Britain's flora... > > The Lottery-funded report is called Making it Count for People and Plants. > > It is a joint initiative by the Botanical Society of the British Isles > (BSBI) and conservation charity Plantlife. > ... > The project, set up in 2002 and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, aims > to identify the state of British flora and encourage more people to get > involved in botany and plant conservation. It involved over 5,550 > participants. > > The project incorporated four strands, including surveys of single and > common species and a rare plant register. > ... > The most striking results came out of the BSBI Local Change Survey - a > study that compared today's British plants to the flora of 18 years ago. > > Between 2003-2004, over 750 botanists set about recording plants found in > 811 2km-by-2km plots across Britain, collecting about 200,000 records. > They > were then able to compare their findings with a near identical study that > had been carried out in 1987-1988. > > The results provided a unique dataset, giving a comprehensive insight into > changing flora in rural and urban habitats. > > Overall, the survey found that 66% of species remained unchanged, 18% had > increased in number and 16% had decreased. > > The data revealed that many species had been affected by the increasing > temperatures within the UK over the past 18 years. Some plants were shown > to have benefited from the warmer environment, including species of > orchids... > > The deep pink pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) and the bee orchid > (Orphrys apifera), usually found in the south of England, have almost > doubled in number, and have spread north and west through England. > > "Warm summers have opened up gaps in the vegetation because some things > die > off, and these orchids fill in the gaps," explained Michael Braithwaite, > of > BSBI, who is an author of the report. > > It was not all good news for orchids, he said. One of the northern > orchids, > the lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia), has been doing badly, > possibly due to climate changes. > > "However, we found it much more difficult to show a decline in the > northern > species, mainly because these plants tend to be very long-lived," > explained > Mr Braithwaite." > > source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4931722.stm > > ********** > regards, > > VB > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:56:55 +1000 > From: "Alan W Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OGD] More or Less Orchids > To: "Orchid Digest" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > With the incidence of extreme weather doubling in the past 30 years due to > climate change, it is possible those species considered rare or > threatened, will more than likely become more so. In Australia, many of > these species are heavily fungal reliant and climate change is occuring a > rate faster than the evolutionary processes of most of these species are > able to cope with. The pessimist in me says the resultant vegetative > changes contributing to the fungus, will change in perhaps the same manner > as the vegetation does in the incidence of too frequent fire. In Australia > with our normal Summer bushfires added to the all too frequent Winter > burning off, to protect property from Summer fires, will see some areas > with a concentration of fire loving plants as opposed to those native > plant species which only need to have a good normal burn each decade or > so, at the correct time. But then again I am a pessimist, with little > faith in my fellow human beings to do the right thing at the right > time, made worse by the rapidly increasing urbanisation of what is left of > our beautiful bush land. > Alan W Stephenson > Conservation Director > Australian Orchid Council > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orchidguide.com/pipermail/orchids_orchidguide.com/attachments/20060424/7c1fbb13/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:00:53 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OGD] Orchids Digest, Vol 8, Issue 146 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > In a message dated 4/24/06 6:02:42 AM, Guido writes: >> Some plants were named that way because the "namer" could not identify >> the >> species or did not know where the plant came from. >> > Like what used to be called Barkeria chinensis. They finally straightened > it > out in 1989. > Iris > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orchidguide.com/pipermail/orchids_orchidguide.com/attachments/20060424/568c3338/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:47:15 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OGD] Xylobium palmifolium > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Does anyone out there have a good image of Xylobium palmifolium > > Alan Gregg > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orchidguide.com/pipermail/orchids_orchidguide.com/attachments/20060424/e50ae00d/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:32:10 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [OGD] Xylobium palmifolium (Sw.) Benth. ex Fawcett 1993 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Alan Gregg asked : "... a good image of Xylobium palmifolium" > > Please see the following references : > > Birkhauser > 1991 Orchids from the Botanical Register 1815-1847 > [on the internet : > http://www.jeandewitte.de/orchidprints/images/Xylobium%20pulmifolium.jpg] > > Dod, Donald Dungan > 1996 'Xylobium palmifolium (Sw.) Benth. ex Fawcett 1993' in Bol. Soc. > Dominicana Orquideologia 5. (1): 56-58. > > Sprunger, Samuel > 1986 Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, plate 3981. > > ********** > regards, > > VB > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:17:12 -0500 > From: "Buzz Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OGD] global warming > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Be still my heart, could global warming be good? Oh dash it, they will > all be under water soon. > > Buzz > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orchidguide.com/pipermail/orchids_orchidguide.com/attachments/20060424/b74c7301/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > > > End of Orchids Digest, Vol 8, Issue 147 > *************************************** > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.6/323 - Release Date: 24-04-2006 > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
