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Originally Posted by tony palmer
Hi Markku,
Looking at your pictures of M. itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis it looks like they are under the canopy of a broadleaf evergreen forest, so I would guess they don’t experience much in the way of frost! are they found at higher elevation?
Thanks,
Tony
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Here is quotation of my article published in Novon:
“In the southern regions of Yunnan, this plant is a common pioneer species in the succession process, after tropical rainforests have been destroyed. It grows in isolated canopy gaps in upper mountainous valleys and slopes, which have moist fertile soils up to 1600 metres elevation. It grows vigorously and it often develops in mono-dominated communities. The plant has a huge corm up to 1 metre high and 0.5 m in diameter, which can storage huge amount of nutrition and water for the dry season. It can tolerate the seasonal frost, which occurs January – February in higher elevations Xishuangbanna. The flower buds are commonly sold in markets for human consumption”.
Markku