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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... Lindley This vigorous fall - flowering species is known from India , Nepal , and Bhutan through Indochina . Brown flowers marked with darker brown spotting bear frilly white lips , characteristic of the species . Unlike most other ...
... Lindley This vigorous fall - flowering species is known from India , Nepal , and Bhutan through Indochina . Brown flowers marked with darker brown spotting bear frilly white lips , characteristic of the species . Unlike most other ...
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... species have been confused with Chondrorhyncha rosea . CHYSIS Lindley KYE - sis Tribe : Epidendreae Subtribe ... species distributed from Mexico to Peru . The genus is characterized by the pendent , elongate pseudobulbs of several ...
... species have been confused with Chondrorhyncha rosea . CHYSIS Lindley KYE - sis Tribe : Epidendreae Subtribe ... species distributed from Mexico to Peru . The genus is characterized by the pendent , elongate pseudobulbs of several ...
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Over 1100 Species Illustrated and Identified Alec M. Pridgeon. 258 SCHOMBURGKIA SCHOMBURGKIA Lindley schom - BURK - ee - ah Tribe : Epidendreae Subtribe : Laeliinae Etymology : In honor of Richard Schomburgk , German botanist , who ...
Over 1100 Species Illustrated and Identified Alec M. Pridgeon. 258 SCHOMBURGKIA SCHOMBURGKIA Lindley schom - BURK - ee - ah Tribe : Epidendreae Subtribe : Laeliinae Etymology : In honor of Richard Schomburgk , German botanist , who ...
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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