Wild Orchids in the Amazon
Login
User Name
Password   


Registration is FREE. Click to become a member of OrchidBoard community
(You're NOT logged in)

menu menu

Sponsor
Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.

Wild Orchids in the Amazon
Many perks!
<...more...>


Sponsor
 

Google


Fauna Top Sites
LOG IN/REGISTER TO CLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT
  #1  
Old 06-27-2017, 07:11 PM
nogreenthumbs nogreenthumbs is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 249
Wild Orchids in the Amazon Male
Default Wild Orchids in the Amazon

A few years ago, I spent 2 weeks on a boat in the Amazon just after the end of the rainy season when the water was high. I didn't see many blooming orchids, but I saw many, many epiphytes (lots of bromeliads).

These are some of the orchids and epiphytes that I saw.
Attached Thumbnails
Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_0632-crop-jpg   Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_1624-jpg   Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_1626-jpg   Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_1629-jpg   Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_1768-jpg  

Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_1768-jpg   Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_3313-jpg   Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_3314-jpg   Wild Orchids in the Amazon-img_3320-jpg  
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 7 Likes
  #2  
Old 06-27-2017, 10:01 PM
Bulbopedilum Bulbopedilum is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Posts: 653
Default

Woah nice!!! What oncidium is that?
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 06-27-2017, 10:59 PM
nogreenthumbs nogreenthumbs is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 249
Wild Orchids in the Amazon Male
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulbopedilum View Post
Woah nice!!! What oncidium is that?
Your guess is probably much better than mine which really isn't saying anything. That was 3 years ago and most of the group was looking at/for birds. These were just random plants that I saw scattered around the Amazon over 2 weeks between Manaus and Santarem.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 06-27-2017, 11:05 PM
charlesf6 charlesf6 is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Sep 2016
Zone: 6b
Location: New York
Posts: 1,360
Wild Orchids in the Amazon
Default

Very interesting. thanks!
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 06-28-2017, 12:59 PM
will1986 will1986 is offline
Jr. Member
 

Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 22
Wild Orchids in the Amazon
Default

I've also been to Manaus and Santarem! It's beautiful there, and I also saw lots of plants I suspected were orchids, though none of them were blooming at the time.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 06-28-2017, 07:19 PM
Bohata Bohata is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 236
Wild Orchids in the Amazon
Default

Always interesting to see these in the wild. I wonder if the next to last one might be a Catasetum or a close relative.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 06-28-2017, 07:49 PM
nogreenthumbs nogreenthumbs is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 249
Wild Orchids in the Amazon Male
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by will1986 View Post
I've also been to Manaus and Santarem! It's beautiful there, and I also saw lots of plants I suspected were orchids, though none of them were blooming at the time.
I was there the middle two weeks in July. I was told that most of the orchids would be finished blooming, having bloomed recently. I was very excited to find the few that I did, but it's hard to say if I saw others because there were so many epiphytic plants that could have been orchids. There were tons and tons of bromeliads growing high in the trees.

Over the 2 weeks I took about 7500 photos. I managed to trim those down to about 1500 that were either good or at least managed to capture something interesting.

I was so excited to catch a couple of plants blooming.

---------- Post added at 06:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:43 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohata View Post
Always interesting to see these in the wild. I wonder if the next to last one might be a Catasetum or a close relative.
I don't know. Maybe, the only thing that might make me doubt it is that I've read that catasetums require a lengthy dry season where there is absolutely no rain at all, and while that area does have a wet season and a dry season, they should really be called "mildly wet season" and "almost impossibly wet season".
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 06-29-2017, 12:20 AM
estación seca's Avatar
estación seca estación seca is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2015
Zone: 9b
Location: Phoenix AZ - Lower Sonoran Desert
Posts: 17,717
Wild Orchids in the Amazon Male
Default

Wow, thanks! There is a Totally Off Topic forum here where you can post the other photos!
__________________
May the bridges I've burned light my way.

Weather forecast for my neighborhood
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
Likes Bohata liked this post
  #9  
Old 06-29-2017, 11:27 AM
Bohata Bohata is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 236
Wild Orchids in the Amazon
Default

Here is a Catasetum that doesn't always require a "lengthy dry season."
Catasetum pileatum
Check out the last paragraph. There may be others.
Of course, we could be sure whether it was a Catasetum or not only if it had open flowers on it.
Note also the mention of Catasetum here:
Orchid News # 19

Last edited by Bohata; 06-29-2017 at 12:43 PM..
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
Likes estación seca liked this post
  #10  
Old 06-29-2017, 08:16 PM
nogreenthumbs nogreenthumbs is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 249
Wild Orchids in the Amazon Male
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by estación seca View Post
Wow, thanks! There is a Totally Off Topic forum here where you can post the other photos!
done - here

---------- Post added at 07:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohata View Post
Here is a Catasetum that doesn't always require a "lengthy dry season."
Catasetum pileatum
Check out the last paragraph. There may be others.
Of course, we could be sure whether it was a Catasetum or not only if it had open flowers on it.
Note also the mention of Catasetum here:
Orchid News # 19
Of course, that makes sense. Orchids seem to be nothing but a large collection of exceptions to every rule.
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 2 Likes
Likes Bohata, estación seca liked this post
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
amazon, blooming, bromeliads, epiphytes, orchids


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
What part of orchid culture am I not understanding? KokeshiHappyGreen Beginner Discussion 44 06-03-2018 08:09 PM
Spring 2012 project- PLANT SUGGESTIONS camille1585 Member Projects 551 04-04-2012 06:12 PM
Some wild orchids in the Netherlands camille1585 Orchids in the Wild 6 06-09-2011 12:00 PM
shore orchid festival -- july 23, 24 & 25 -- @ silva orchids -- neptune, nj mindbum Orchid Show Announcements 4 07-31-2010 12:57 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:42 PM.

© 2007 OrchidBoard.com
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.37 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Feedback Buttons provided by Advanced Post Thanks / Like (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Clubs vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.