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 98
... blotch in the lip , rarely pure white ( var . virginalis ) . It is easy Dendrobium pendulum to grow , but it is necessary to keep plants dryish in winter to ensure a good flowering in spring . Dendrobium parishii Reichb.f . A smallish ...
... blotch in the lip , rarely pure white ( var . virginalis ) . It is easy Dendrobium pendulum to grow , but it is necessary to keep plants dryish in winter to ensure a good flowering in spring . Dendrobium parishii Reichb.f . A smallish ...
Page 190
... blotches of red - brown on the sepals and smaller spots on the petals which are lacerate on the margin . The lip is ... blotch on the blade , narrowly ovate , acute - acuminate at the apex , and the base surrounds the base of the column ...
... blotches of red - brown on the sepals and smaller spots on the petals which are lacerate on the margin . The lip is ... blotch on the blade , narrowly ovate , acute - acuminate at the apex , and the base surrounds the base of the column ...
Page 278
... six centimeters . The sepals and petals are yellow with large , red - brown blotches , and the lip is white with a large red blotch on each side near the base . The lip is quadrate TRICHOGLOTTIS BRACHIATA 279 lobes of the lip are round and.
... six centimeters . The sepals and petals are yellow with large , red - brown blotches , and the lip is white with a large red blotch on each side near the base . The lip is quadrate TRICHOGLOTTIS BRACHIATA 279 lobes of the lip are round and.
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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