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Patterns of reproductive success in relation to floral display suggest selection for increased inflorescence size in S. mirabilis and S. monophylla, but this may be counterbalanced by selection for a sustainable annual fruit set. It is unbidden, not a native, and … Eulophia graminea is a terrestrial orchid native to Asia that was found to be naturalized in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 2007, and by 2008 was known from five locations in that County. In other words, it is not at all good news. GARAY (ORCHIDACEAE) EM FRAGMENTO MESÓFILO DE PIRASSUNUNGA, SÃO PAULO, BRASIL, Pollination of an invasive orchid, Cyrtopodium polyphyllum (Orchidaceae), by an invasive oil-collecting bee, Centris nitida, in southern Florida, Pollination of Guarianthe skinneri, an ornamental food deception orchid in southern Florida, by the naturalized orchid bee Euglossa viridissima, Pollination of The Ornamental Orchid Oncidium sphacelatum By the Naturalized Oil-Collecting Bee (Centris nitida) in Florida, Pollination, fruit set, and seed production in the orchid, Oeceoclades maculata, The Common Staghorn Fern, Platycerium bifurcatum, Naturalizes in Southern Florida, Tremblay RL, Ackerman JD, Zimmerman JK, Calvo RN. 0000014570 00000 n
So the big question is, does its presence impact on native flora species in any adverse way? 0000042912 00000 n
It has probably arrived from Florida, where it has no business to be either. Plants at four sites bore flowers, and fruit were observed at two sites. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the University of South Florida and other herbaria. By rights it has no business to be.
em fragmento florestal estacional semidecidual do “Sítio João XXIII”, Pirassununga, SP, Brasil, DISTRIBUIÇÃO ESPACIAL DE Sacoila lanceolata (AUBL.) It hails from Southeast Asia, Burma and subtropical islands of the Pacific. Flowering plants of Nepal ( Phanerogams ), An orchid bee naturalizes in Florida ; implications for orchids and other plants, Colonisation of orchids on the Krakatau Islands, Invasive orchid bee , Euglossa viridissima , pollinates the ornamental orchid ( Gua - rianthe skinneri ) in Florida, Lankesteriana International Journal on Orchidology, By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our. With a personal account, you can read up to 100 articles each month for free. Ecologia e distribuição espacial de orquídeas terrícolas em Floresta Estacional Semidecidual do município de Araras, São Paulo, Brasil, Habenaria Repens: Distribuição Espacial e Correlação com Fatores Abióticos de uma Orquídea Emergente Invasora em Fragmento Mesófilo Brasileiro, Distribuição espacial de Oeceoclades maculata Lindl. Eulophia graminea forms a dense monoculture and has rapidly spread to thirteen counties in Florida. H��VKo#7�����}�,R� 0�u�bۦ��zX/�"�nܮ�E{�_/%Q�. It was first observed in 2006 in mulched beds in the Kendall area of Florida. She (and I) assumed the orchid to be a native species, and hopefully a rare one. Is it a benign addition to the plant species of the Bahamas, that in 100 years time will be fondly viewed as a native and appearing in books / online as local. Graphorkis graminea; Robust and aggressively spreading non-native orchid found frequently in mulched landscape beds (where is has likely hitchhiked in on the mulch). Variation in sexual reproduction in orchids and its evolutionary consequences: a spasmodic journey to diversification. It has become naturalized in northern Australia, and now, as if by magic, it is in the Redland, Miami Dade College's North Campus, Little River, South Miami and even in … than the 0.0% and 0.25% reported for this orchid in its native Mexico. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 84: 1-54, Colonisation of orchids on the Krakatau Islands, The taxonomic distribution of invasive angiosperm plants: Ecological insights and comparison to agricultural weeds, Butterfly gardening at Miami urban schools: Plugging students into nature through habitat rehabilitation on school grounds, Mortal combat between ants and caterpillars in south Florida, USA: An ominous threat to the endangered Schaus swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus), Floral biology, breeding systems, and pollination of Apocynaceae, Developing Ecological Criteria for Prescribed Fire in South Florida Pine Rockland Ecosystems. All Rights Reserved. Eulophia graminea, a terrestrial orchid native to Asia, has naturalized in southern Florida. I couldn’t track it down online so I got the views of Mark Bennet at the Leon Levy Preserve, and the BNT plant expert Ethan Freid.
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The word ‘orchid’ comes from the Latin Orchis or orchideæ, and Greek ὄρχις (orkhis). {{��R��~�:������H�(~u-�Ξ��s}���p�o��U��J�t����9l�o�~7�g>�O�qH����Lӷt�\m�-Uj��W�m��煄O�W��\{q�dE�9N����9k Variation in sexual reproduction in orchids and its evolutionary consequences: a spasmodic journey to diversification. Login via your Recently found in abundance in a few pine rockland habitats. Against this background, we propose a hypothesis for explaining differential fruit set in polinator-rewarding orchid species. Well, I’m afraid Eulophia graminea is in category 2 – the real brown-headed cowbird category. Some features of the site may not work correctly. We contrasted our results in the orchid’s invasive range with those reported in two studies in the orchid’s native range. Semi-moist areas with a strong affinity to mulched landscape beds. Just about tolerable. They will no doubt have a general policy on invasives, or make one on a case-to-case basis.