"Polyrrhiza lindenii [Dendrophylax lindenii (Lindl.) Benth. ex Rolfe]...
Native to Southwest Florida and Cuba. In Florida, the range is localized in swamps in the Fakahatchee, Big Cypress and Corkscrew areas... Found on trees, including pop ash, pond apple, bald cypress, maple, and oak in hardwood hammocks, sloughs and cypress domes. ... Blooms appear May through August, although occasionally in other months; heaviest blooming is in July. Typically the plant has one or two blooms, but there can be as many as 10. Individual blooms last 10 to 14 days. ... Pollination is done by the giant sphinx moth. .., The ghost orchid got its name because the plant has no leaves only roots and when it blooms, the flower seems to float in mid-air. ... The highest known location of any ghost orchid in Collier County was in Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, the orchid capital of North America, at 23 feet; the Corkscrew orchid was 45 to 50 feet above the ground. ... the Corkscrew orchid bloomed three times between July 7 and Oct. 15. ... Usually, one or two blooms appear; the Corkscrew orchid had 12 flowers the first time it bloomed, 10 the second and three the third." URL : http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/LIFESTYLES/71228073/1075 photo : [caption : A... ghost orchid... on a bald cypress tree at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary... Sanctuary officials believe the flower is between 20-30 years old...] http://cmsimg.news-press.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A4&Date=20071229&Category=LIFESTYLES&ArtNo=71228073&Ref=AR&Profile=1075&MaxW=290 ********************************* Joyeuses Fetes / Happy Holiday Season ! VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
