Saturday, April 6, 2013

Porroglossum dreisei

The last post was of a Porroglossum.  Here is another, this time Porroglossum dreisei from Ecuador and another small species.  The plant is 4 cm, the flower spikes 12 cm and the flowers 1.5 cm and blooming successively, several to a spike.  Like the other Porroglossum species this has a moveable lip that snaps up and traps an insect against the column effecting pollination and I've included pictures of the flowers with the lip both open and shot.  I thought about titling the post "Arms Akimbo" since the flowers look like a little man with an elf hat and his hands on his hips.




6 comments:

  1. looks like it is dancing a jig or square dance

    sorry I didnt get over to the show today, Did biosurvey at Ohop, then to the car shop for alignment.

    I told my boss about the show, I hope she made it over.

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    1. No problem. Just felt bad that I didn't let you know about the show in Mount Vernon. Was in Shoreline all day yesterday and today and am shattered. Thanks for the comments.

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  2. Lindo, eu não conhecia.
    Já coloquei o nome na minha lista.
    abraços

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    1. Hope you find one, Elisabete. Thanks, as always for your attention to my blog posts.

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  3. Beautifully done, Ron! Great to see the different moments of the bug catching!

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    1. Thanks, Iris. I'm going to try to get a video of it tomorrow. I've several species of Porroglossums and may try to video several of them.

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