The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids: Over 1100 Species Illustrated and IdentifiedAlec M. Pridgeon Aimed at everyone interested in orchids, this guide illustrates and identifies over 1100 species. |
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Page 112
... Ecuador and adjacent Colombia . To compensate for size , the pale , little , cup - shaped flowers are produced in profusion on short stems . Apparently many flowers are self - fertilized because fruits are often encountered in the wild ...
... Ecuador and adjacent Colombia . To compensate for size , the pale , little , cup - shaped flowers are produced in profusion on short stems . Apparently many flowers are self - fertilized because fruits are often encountered in the wild ...
Page 113
... Ecuador , where it is not uncommon . The large , reddish brown , long - tailed flowers are widely expanded to expose a broad , white halo around the petals and column and above the white , multi - ridged lip . The resemblance to the ...
... Ecuador , where it is not uncommon . The large , reddish brown , long - tailed flowers are widely expanded to expose a broad , white halo around the petals and column and above the white , multi - ridged lip . The resemblance to the ...
Page 167
... Ecuador . Bright orange or bright yellow , arcuate , tubular flowers are borne horizontally by suberect stems among the leaves . The orifice of the tube faces downward with three short tails . Masdevallia livingstoneana Reichb.f ...
... Ecuador . Bright orange or bright yellow , arcuate , tubular flowers are borne horizontally by suberect stems among the leaves . The orifice of the tube faces downward with three short tails . Masdevallia livingstoneana Reichb.f ...
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apex apical lobe basal base blotch Bolivia Brazil bright brown callus Cattleya centimeters centimeters in diameter centimeters long centimeters tall Colombia color column wings compost Costa Rica cultivation Cymbidieae Cymbidieae Subtribe dark Dendrobium dorsal sepal Ecuador elongate endemic Epidendreae Epidendreae Subtribe Epidendrum epiphytic erect Etymology fleshy flowers are produced flowers reach Garay genus genus is characterized green greenish grow grown humidity hybrids hypochile inflorescence inflorescence produced intermediate conditions labellum Laelia lateral lobes lateral sepals leaf leathery leaves Lindley This species lip is white lithophytic Luer Lycaste margin Masdevallia Maxillaria meters Mexico midlobe moist native Odontoglossum Oncidium orchid pale Paphiopedilum Peru Phalaenopsis pink Pleurothallis pollinia pots pseudobulbous stems pseudobulbs purple racemes red-brown reddish Reichb.f rhizome Sarcanthinae Schltr sepals and petals sheaths slender species distributed species is found species occurs spots spur stipe Subtribe temperatures terrestrial three-lobed Tribe tropical Vanda Vandeae Subtribe Venezuela viscidium warm white flowers yellow