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 135
... basal or clustered on the lower part of the stem . Inflorescences are erect , racemose , and often many - flowered . Flowers are usually small and often pubescent or glandular on their outer surfaces . The dorsal sepal forms a hood with ...
... basal or clustered on the lower part of the stem . Inflorescences are erect , racemose , and often many - flowered . Flowers are usually small and often pubescent or glandular on their outer surfaces . The dorsal sepal forms a hood with ...
Page 211
... basal lobes equal to or smaller than the apical lobe ; the lip callus confined to the center of the basal lobes and composed of an upper and lower lobulate - tuberculate mass with a series of accessory tubercles scattered over the basal ...
... basal lobes equal to or smaller than the apical lobe ; the lip callus confined to the center of the basal lobes and composed of an upper and lower lobulate - tuberculate mass with a series of accessory tubercles scattered over the basal ...
Page 292
... basal portion of a sepal or petal ( including labellum ) clinandrium : the portion of the column that supports the anther column : the organ of the orchid flower representing the fusion of stamens , styles , and stigmas column - foot a ...
... basal portion of a sepal or petal ( including labellum ) clinandrium : the portion of the column that supports the anther column : the organ of the orchid flower representing the fusion of stamens , styles , and stigmas column - foot a ...
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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