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Philippine Ground Orchid

Spathoglottis plicata

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

not native to Dominica but has naturalized all over the island and is the most common orchid found

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

This was the first orchid I spotted in Dominica. Trafalgar Falls in Morne Trois Pitons national park.

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Comments (12)
RiekoS
You have such good eyes!
Dan Doucette
Yeah, those rocks are huge. Sounds like you're getting a really late spring.
Debbie Stewart
They must have been large rocks then in photo 3 as compared to them it looked tiny :-) even the butterflies and bees aren't out in numbers and I'm still finding some 'wintering' birds that have usually migrated by now still here!
Dan Doucette
Thanks Debbie. It's not actually that small as far as wild orchids go, about 1.5" across. You're probably right with the late start, we are experiencing that here too.
Debbie Stewart
Looks very pretty and very tiny Dan! I keep trying to find one of our orchids here but I think the cold start to the year has delayed them!

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PublishedMay 12, 2013

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