Holcoglossum flavescens

The specimen used in lab for the DNA Extraction. Photo by Carly Smith

The specimen used in lab for DNA Extraction. Photo by Carly Smith

Holcoglossum flavescens Schlechter is a winter blooming plant that is a member in the tribe Vandeae. It belongs to the subtribe Aeridinae. This plant is frequently found in China, specifically within the Forrest of Yunnan.

This epiphytic plantis also found in rain forest growing on another plant. Holcoglossum flavescens blooms with flowers opening with white and tints of yellow in the winter, and opens to approximately 2.5 cm wide. Its leaves are roughly 5-6 cm long. This plant typically requires full sunlight along with cool transitional temperatures and frequent watering.

Flowering Holcoglossum flavescens. Photo courtesy of Garden-Web.com

References:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=nuccore&term=Holcoglossum+flavescens

http://www.orchids.se/holcoglossum_flavescens.htm

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/orchidsgal/msg0211295825733.html?14

5 thoughts on “Holcoglossum flavescens ”

I just found this post by hunting through the list of uncategorized posts. That is the first item that needs to be addressed. Please choose the correct subtribe for this species and uncheck all other categories (DNA extraction).

Items to address:

1) Word choice: “located” refers to geography, these species are “members”, “representatives”, etc of particularly taxonomic levels. Next, the first sentence of the second paragraph does not read as if you are defining epiphytism but rather, like epiphyte and growing on other plants as two separate concepts (“also” is part of the problem). Flower usually “open” versus “grow”. The sentence discussing the flowers currently reads as if you are combining info on flowers and the vegetation.

2) The image of the extraction specimen would be helped by cropping and posting at a larger size so that more detail can be seen. It also needs a caption stating that it is the specimen used for DNA extraction.

3) References: Please make these URLs “links” by selecting each one, clicking on the link icon in the tools above the edit post window (looks like links of a chain) and put in the URL so that readers can follow them to gather more information.

A lot of good information but a little disorganized… maybe consider keeping its places of origin all in one spot for starters. Also needs to be categorized correctly.

Thanks for the constructive feed back! I’ll definitely work on these aspects. I’ve had a little trouble adjusting the image for a better view, but i’m working on it!