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Table 1 Peloton location by root region for orchid samples acquired in the Itremo Massif within the Central Highlands of Madagascar during the first of three trips (June 2012, dry season)

From: Techniques for the collection, transportation, and isolation of orchid endophytes from afar: a case study from Madagascar

Growth habit

Orchid species

n

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Lithophytic

Angraecum calceolus

2/2

  

X

X

     

X

 

Angraecum longicalcar

1/3

  

X

       
 

Angraecum magdalenae

1/2

 

X

        
 

Angraecum obesum

0/1

 

Angraecum protensum

0/1

 

Angraecum sororium

0/2

 

Angraecum rutenbergianum

1/1

X

X

        
 

Jumellea ibityana

0/2

Epiphytic

Bulbophyllum sp.

3/3

X

 

X

   

X

   
 

Bulbophyllum bicoloratum

0/2

 

Jumellea sp.

1/4

X

         
 

Jumellea arborescens

0/2

 

Jumellea intricata

1/2

   

X

      
 

Polystachya sp.

0/1

 

Polystachya cultriformis

1/2

    

X

     
 

Polystachya fusiformis

0/1

Terrestrial

Cynorkis sp.

1/1

 

X

        
 

Eulophia sp.

1/2

   

X

      
  1. Numbers 1–10 reflect the distance (in cm) from the root tip (e.g., 1 terminal end of actively-growing tip, 2 second cm region from root tip), and n the number of roots harboring pelotons/number of roots collected