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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... Subtribe Podochilinae Subtribe Thelasiinae Subtribe Glomerinae or higher . Since the names of plants reflect those relationships , the names may change also , but only in accordance with rules established by the International Code of ...
... Subtribe Podochilinae Subtribe Thelasiinae Subtribe Glomerinae or higher . Since the names of plants reflect those relationships , the names may change also , but only in accordance with rules established by the International Code of ...
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... Subtribe : Sarcanthinae Etymology : Gr . di- , twice ; morphe , shape ; orchis , orchid Three species have been described for this very unusual genus , which is endemic to the island of Borneo . Dimorphorchis lowii has been placed at ...
... Subtribe : Sarcanthinae Etymology : Gr . di- , twice ; morphe , shape ; orchis , orchid Three species have been described for this very unusual genus , which is endemic to the island of Borneo . Dimorphorchis lowii has been placed at ...
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... Subtribe : Sobraliinae Etymology : Gr . elle , Helen ; anthos , flower Nearly 75 species range widely in the American tropics but are most diverse in the Andean countries . The stems are cane - like and distichously covered with plicate ...
... Subtribe : Sobraliinae Etymology : Gr . elle , Helen ; anthos , flower Nearly 75 species range widely in the American tropics but are most diverse in the Andean countries . The stems are cane - like and distichously covered with plicate ...
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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