Phragmipedium anguloi, in situ

[D-novice]

This is a recently described species. This is growing about an hour outside the city of Popayan in Southern Colombia.

Due to the very strong waterfall and turbulent pool, all these photos are from a distance, and the magnification on my lens wasn't up to the task of getting any details. But, I wanted to see how Phrags grow, now I've seen it :clap:

I saw three species growing in situ on my trip, this is the last one.


Phragmipedium anguloi, on cliff face


behind waterfall

behind waterfall


easy to miss


Phrag anguloi

 

[D-novice]

The environment


above cliffs above waterfall

large loud and lots of spray


anguloi growing to left, right, and behind


pool, falls, and cliff face

 

[Linus_Cello]

Nice! So the fighting has stopped? (Are there blue-eyed catfish near there?
https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=41)

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Very cool. Thanks for posting that, should be very helpful and informative.

 

[JAB]

Invaluable! We all owe you a beer or four:clap:

Thank you! Thank you!

 

[D-novice]

Nice! So the fighting has stopped? (Are there blue-eyed catfish near there?
https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=41)

That's what I call a plecostomus! We didn't venture into the water or try to look under it. The visibility was zero, and calling out "I see a fish!" might be the last thing you ever do. Definite drowning territory.

My guide showed me a photo of this waterfall from last year, when Colombia had its worst drought year ever, and it was a trickle. A Trickle! People were wading across this pool (small, calm) and picnicking on a beach next to the waterfall. It would have been easy to take a close up then...not to mention cut the plants out of the cliff face and sell them to nurseries, who sell them to hobbyists, etc.

 

[eteson]

Thanks for the nice pictures.
That is the original population, the one where the holotype comes from. We have discovered another 3 populations but the plants of the original one are the nicest.

 

[blondie]

W ounderful

 

[NYEric]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[tomkalina]

What is the sub-strate? Looks like moss on karst limestone, but hard to tell....

 

[SlipperFan]

Very interesting. Thanks for the glimpse into a new world (for me!).

 

[eteson]

What is the sub-strate? Looks like moss on karst limestone, but hard to tell....

volcaniclastics.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Invaluable! We all owe you a beer or four:clap:

Thank you! Thank you!

Outstanding pictures! Always interesting to see the habitat where those species are growing… Thank you!

 

[abax]

I surely do envy you that trip. The surrounding countryside
is beautiful. The orchids growing on a vertical cliff under
a waterfall is rather an amazing adaptation.

 

[D-novice]

What is the sub-strate? Looks like moss on karst limestone, but hard to tell....

Where I saw the three types of Phrags growing, they were all in moss. The rock underneath may have been what eteson is indicating (here, not sure that's the case for the Longifolium at Pericos), but they all had a moss and probably soil+moss substrate, primarily.

 

[tomkalina]

Thanks! So I'm assuming the pH in the root zone is on the acid side rather than
basic.

 

[D-novice]

Dang! I knew I forgot something!! Didn't bring pH strips or a meter...but that is what I surmise. Sounds like eteson knows the plants and their environment and might be able to answer conclusively.

But also, I assume that water is acidic; and the one behind the waterfall is continuously drenched in it.

 

[Guarceñosis]

Good job. Thanks for sharing.

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[Guarceñosis]

Any doubt phragmipediums are water and humidity lovers? Jeje

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[eaborne]

Nice pictures!