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Orquídea Acronia

Acronia sp

Description:

This orchid used to be classified as a Pleurothallis, It was mentions in the Maya codice as a plant that was use to control the gender in the population, they used it to increase the number of male, when they needed more workers, unfortunatly there is no knowledge about the way it was used.

Habitat:

Rainforest, cloud forest


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2 Comments

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 8 months ago

..That's right according to the histories ..

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 8 months ago

A unique Flower! To control the Gender!

Heredia, Costa Rica

Lat: 10.10, Long: -84.17

Spotted on Sep 22, 2012
Submitted on Sep 24, 2012

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