Terrestrial orchids and water-related orchids of Guatemala
Ever since I found a water-associated orchid at Parque Nacional Yaxha Nakum Naranjo in October 2018, I have become interested in any and all orchids which like to grow along the shore, or on floating masses of reeds away from the shore. Plus I am also interested in terrestrial orchids. Sobralia macrantha is a typically adaptive orchid: it can live on tree trunks, on rocks which have appropriate plant material already on them, and on the ground.
Our long range goal is to make a list of all terrestrial orchids and all water-associated orchids (rivers, lakes, swamps, bogs, etc) that may be expected in the diverse eco-systems of Parque Nacional Yaxha Nakum Naranjo, Peten, Guatemala. In other words, can Sobralia macrantha be found here? If you would like to join our search, either in-person on a field trip, or via your computer (from video and photos that we can send you), your donations will really help our field work to find terrestrial and water-related orchids.
Although there are exposed bedrock and other exposed limestone areas in the park, I do not expect to find many lithophytic orchids, but we will be on the lookout for them.
PDF, Articles, Books on Sobralia macrantha
- 1985
- Orchids of Guatemala and Belize. Courier Corporation. 779 pages.
This is the 1985 reprint of three earlier reports by these orchid specialists.
Sold Online:
www.amazon.com/Orchids-Guatemala-Belize-Oakes-Ames/dp/0486248348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543253120&sr=8-1&keywords=Orchids+of+Guatemala+and+Belize
- 2010
- Orchids of Mexico and Guatemala. John Denson. 175 pages.
- 1982
- Roots of Sobralia macrantha (Orchidaceae): structure and function of the velamen-exodermis complex. American journal of botany. Vol. 69. No. 4. Pages 608-614.
Sold Online:
www.jstor.org/stable/2443070?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- 2013
- Cultivo in vitro de Sobralia macrantha y Stanhopea tigrina. UNAM.
Available Online:
www.conabio.gob.mx/institucion/proyectos/resultados/LU002_Anexo_2_MEMORIA.pdf
- 2015
- Manual para el aprovechamiento sustentable de orquídeas en comunidades. Universidad Veracruzana, COFUPRO y SINAREFI. 37 pages.
Available Online:
www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/225107/MANUAL_PARA_EL_APROVECHAMIENTO
_SUSTENTABLE_DE_ORQUIDEAS.pdf
- 2015
- Nectary structure and nectar In Sobralia and Ellenthus (Sobralieae: Orchidaceae). Lankesteriana. Vol. 15, No. 2.
Available Online:
www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1409-38712015000200001
- 2007
- Growing Sobralias. AOS. Orchids. Pages 912-919.
Available Online:
www.aos.org/AOS/media/Content-Images/PDFs/sobralias.pdf
- 2007
- Orquídeas de México. Herbario AMO-Instituto Chinoín, A.C. y Centro interdisciplinario de investigación para el desarrollo integral regional-unidad- Oaxaca. 67 pages.
Available Online:
www.conabio.gob.mx/institucion/proyectos/resultados/Inf%20P107.pdf
- 2017
- Riqueza de la familia Orchidaceae en un bosque mesófilo de montañaen Chocomán, Veracruz, México. Acta Botánica Mexicana. No. 121. Pages 139-149.
Available Online:
www.redalyc.org/pdf/574/57453196005.pdf
Suggested webpages with photos and information on Sobralia macrantha
https://noticias.ufm.edu/sobralia-macrantha-en-la-ufm/
Information about the bloom of S. macrantha in Guatemala.
www.orchidspecies.com/sobmacrantha.htm
Photo and information.
www.aos.org/orchids/orchids-a-to-z/letter-s/sobralia.aspx
Information.
First posted December, 2018
Bibliography prepared by Marcella Sarti, FLAAR Mesoamerica (Guatemala).
Text by Nicholas Hellmuth, FLAAR (USA).
