Does anyone have any information on the prevelence of crassulacean acid metabolism among orchids, particularly in Lepanthes or pleurothallids?

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Jean Wan Hong Yong

Hi, here is a useful place to start:

http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/149/4/1838.full

Benjamin J. Crain

Thank you for the help!

Cheers!

I met Dr Klaus Winter at UIUC, IL, USA last month. Here is the classical paper about CAM.

Dr Zotz also did some work on CAM epiphytes too.

Thank you again. These references look great!

Cheers,

Ben