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Re: [pleurothallid-l] Life above the cloud forests?
- From: "Lynn O'Shaughnessy" <freespirit@pleurothallids.com>
- To: <pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [pleurothallid-l] Life above the cloud forests?
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:17:38 -0000
Don't want anyone to think I am ignoring them - but have been busy lately
playing catch up. I will also be gone 5 days next week - going to the
Sacramento show. I will sit down and go through my notes in a few days. I
tried to write down as many things as I could about the elevations and
locations.
Lynn O
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Maunder" <pondeeza@enternet.co.nz>
To: <pleurothallid-l@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 8:45 PM
Subject: [pleurothallid-l] Life above the cloud forests?
> Lyn,
>
> More questions...
>
> I read in your summary of your Ecuador trip in Vol 4 Issue 5 that you
> saw plants out in fields and on rocks. Were these also bathed in
> mists or in drier areas in full sun above the cloud forests?
>
> Would these be exposed to more light and perhaps light frosts even?
> Which Masdevallias favoured high altitude open situations and what
> companion orchid genera grew with them?
>
> If none grew above the tree line, which species were growing in the
> highest altitude cloud forests? In other words which species grew in
> the coolest conditions you encountered?
>
> I'm looking at those that need no LSU's here in our temperate climate!
>
> Sunny Spring day here with 20°C (68°F) predicted. Must get out and
> do some creative hybridizing!
>
> Ron Maunder - New Zealand
>
>
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[pleurothallid-l] Life above the cloud forests?,
Ron Maunder, 10/18/2003
- Re: [pleurothallid-l] Life above the cloud forests?, Lynn O'Shaughnessy, 10/18/2003
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