I examined how the reproduction and fitness of the orchid, Scaphyglottis acostaei depends on the water resources derived from cloud mist in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Thirty-six individuals of S. acostaei were selected to undergo treatments of mist exclusion, mist enhancement and light modification for 15 days. The pseudobulb width changed significantly over the 15 days for the four treatments, suggesting that mist precipitation is a limiting resource for S. acostaei. Additionally, mist was collected on the northeast and southwest sides of four pasture trees, and a total of 139 individual orchids were sampled for number of fruits, racemes and leaves, and leaf length. I found a higher reproductive success of S. acostaei on the northeast sides o...
In Megamexico the humid forests of the mountain ranges are home to an impressive wealth of orchids, ...
Orchids require the presence of mycorrhizal fungi in their root systems to germinate, but the import...
This experiment compares stomata density of the epiphytic Pleurothallis aristata and Maxillaria sp. ...
I examined how the reproduction and fitness of the orchid, Scaphyglottis acostaei depends on the wat...
Tropical cloud forests like that found in Monteverde, Costa Rica rely heavily on daily precipitatio...
There has been an observed increase in the frequency of days with no mist during the dry season in M...
The lifting of the cloud bank due to climate change in the Monteverde cloud forest has already cause...
Increasing periods of consecutive dry days, upward altitudinal shifts in orographic cloud formation,...
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the decrease in mist frequency observed in Montev...
Orchids exhibit many adaptations, including pseudobulbs which store water and root velamen, which as...
An abiotic gradient of wind, moisture and sun across a tree may directly affect morphological traits...
Epiphytes sequester required nutrients and moisture from mist; the remaining moisture is then releas...
It has been observed that epiphytic orchids are less abundant on trees of the genus Quercus (Fagacea...
This experiment explored stomata density and aperture in four different species of epiphytic orchids...
A large population of the fully mycoheterotrophic orchid, Corallorhiza striata var. vreelandii, was ...
In Megamexico the humid forests of the mountain ranges are home to an impressive wealth of orchids, ...
Orchids require the presence of mycorrhizal fungi in their root systems to germinate, but the import...
This experiment compares stomata density of the epiphytic Pleurothallis aristata and Maxillaria sp. ...
I examined how the reproduction and fitness of the orchid, Scaphyglottis acostaei depends on the wat...
Tropical cloud forests like that found in Monteverde, Costa Rica rely heavily on daily precipitatio...
There has been an observed increase in the frequency of days with no mist during the dry season in M...
The lifting of the cloud bank due to climate change in the Monteverde cloud forest has already cause...
Increasing periods of consecutive dry days, upward altitudinal shifts in orographic cloud formation,...
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the decrease in mist frequency observed in Montev...
Orchids exhibit many adaptations, including pseudobulbs which store water and root velamen, which as...
An abiotic gradient of wind, moisture and sun across a tree may directly affect morphological traits...
Epiphytes sequester required nutrients and moisture from mist; the remaining moisture is then releas...
It has been observed that epiphytic orchids are less abundant on trees of the genus Quercus (Fagacea...
This experiment explored stomata density and aperture in four different species of epiphytic orchids...
A large population of the fully mycoheterotrophic orchid, Corallorhiza striata var. vreelandii, was ...
In Megamexico the humid forests of the mountain ranges are home to an impressive wealth of orchids, ...
Orchids require the presence of mycorrhizal fungi in their root systems to germinate, but the import...
This experiment compares stomata density of the epiphytic Pleurothallis aristata and Maxillaria sp. ...