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| Subject: | Probably not much to do with birds, but .... |
| From: | "Tony Russell" <> |
| Date: | Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:22:43 +0930 |
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Hi all,
Having lived
where I do in the NE suburbs of Adelaide since 1966 I was amazed yesterday to
find a small orchid growing in a shady part of my garden. Dashorst and
Jessop (1990, pp 200-201), identify it as a Maroon-hood Orchid, Pterostylis pedunculata.
This species, in fact no orchid species at all, has ever been seen at this
location in all the 36 yrs I've lived here. Could it be that some species
of bird could have brought it in from the Adelaide Hills which are less than a
kilometre away ? It is my understanding that most species of orchid
propagate by way of pseudobulbs ( Sheat, W.G., 1995, p 367). Is this true of
Pterostylis spp ?
If so, how could one suddenly appear like this ?
Pleased, amazed and curious.
Tony.
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