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Old February 10th, 2007, 04:53 PM
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Plant ID - a puffball orchid?

I have one more we can't identify. It's in the greenhouse of a local community college, and apparently no one has been able to identify it yet. Have been told it flowers, a red puff-ball like thing, which does not sound at all like an orchid, although the leaves seem very orchid-like (but very wide - probably 2-3 inches). The color of the leaves on the left-hand side is the true color. Many thanks!
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Old February 10th, 2007, 05:56 PM
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Re: Plant ID - a puffball orchid?

It looks, not like an orchid but rather like an Amaryllid from the genus Haemanthus.

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Re: Plant ID - a puffball orchid?

Right you are! Thanks a bunch... now nail down the species.
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Re: Plant ID - a puffball orchid?

Sorry - meant to say "now I need to nail down the species" - not meant to be a directive (to anyone but myself).
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