Thank you, Tim. And here I thought it was just starting flower! I saw the white peeking between the bracks and thought they were petals. Hmmm. > It's hard to tell what species with just an old inflorescence in fruit. > Given the area it's probably C scaber or C pulverulentus. Both have a > closed bract inflorescence which opens up when the fruit are almost ripe. > Both are quite variable and have a large distribution. > > Tim Chapman > > On Jan 22, 2012, at 4:59 PM, "s cook via Flickr" > <no-reply-73671775N03@flickr.com> wrote: > >> My photos >> http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0095009/photos/lacandon/ >> >> (By the way, if the photostream link doesn't work, try >> copying and pasting it from this email into your browser's >> address bar.) >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Can anyone tell me what species of Costus this is? It has >> white labella, not yellow. >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> Don't want to receive messages from Flickr members via >> email? Change your notification settings: >> http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0099015/account/email/ >> >> Your use of Flickr is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service >> and Privacy Policy and the Flickr Community Guidelines: >> http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0091015/terms.gne >> http://flickr.com/x/t/… >> http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0091015/guidelines.gne >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > Suzanne Cook 311 Stevens Road Victoria, BC V9E 2J1 (250) 479-9478