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Rhyncolaelia digbyana

Rhyncolaelia digbyana

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found in a low floodplain forest (selva baja inundable) near to the Sian Ka'an Biosphere reserve

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Comments (6)
craigwilliams
Thank you very much. Do you have any landscape shots of the forest you could add to this?
Jonathan Guyot
She was 30 cm above the ground. But where I found it was flooded during half of the year (rainy season). Maybe some plants are the feet in the water because there are also some plants on the ground.
craigwilliams
Do you think the plant would be likely to be submerged at any time?
craigwilliams
Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I would love to see this in the wild myself someday. It's the incredible and wonderfully named Rhyncolaelia digbyana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyncholaelia

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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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Wild Orchids
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Orchids of the Americas
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2012

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