Hello All,
Take a look at the video linked below of pollination of the Ghost
Orchid (Dendrophylax/Polyrrhiza/Polyradicion lindenii) by a Giant
Sphinx Moth. Wonderful!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ca--GgEe2Zg
Be sure to click the "high-resolution" link at the lower-right corner
of the screen.
Brian O'Brien
p.s. Here are some photos from my own recent Ghost Orchid
experience: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeranthes/sets/72157605305875268/
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Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A.
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Hope and the future for me are not in lawns and cultivated fields,
not in towns and cities, but in the impervious and quaking swamps.
Henry David Thoreau
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