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Keywords: Orchidaceae | Limodorum abortivum (L.) Sw. | Uludağ, Bursa, Turkey
Thank you again to UBC BG summer student Raakel Toppila for writing today's entry while I'm away. – Daniel
Thank you to yildizkonca@Flickr for sharing today's image (original via BPotD Flickr Group Pool).
Limodorum arbortivum is a common orchid of the Mediterranean region. Its leaves are reduced in size and therefore the species is thought to be partially mycoheterotrophic, relying on a fungal intermediate to draw nutrients from a photosynthesizing plant with no direct contact between plants. A different form of heterotrophy is parasitism, in which the plant (such as Rhinanthus minor has direct contact to the vascular tissue of a photosynthesizing plant. Heterotrophy is not uncommon among orchids, as they make up about a third of heterotrophic flowering plants. Of these heterotrophic orchid species, twenty completely lack chlorophyll.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 12, 2007 12:00 AM
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Posted by: Margaret-Rae Davis at July 12, 2007 5:05 PM
Where can I purchase this plant? It is one of the most beautiful orchids I have ever seen and I really would like to own one!
Posted by: Susan Berkholtz at July 12, 2007 7:17 PM
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I am so amazied at the beauty of this Orchid. I think of so many I have seen and of all the differences in size and colour. You have given JOY to me with this picture.
Thank you, Margaret-Rae