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 189
... brown . The lip is rectangular for the lower half and then flares to a bilobed apex . It is white with a bar of red - brown across the middle . The callus consists of a series of radiating , serrate teeth with the central pair much ...
... brown . The lip is rectangular for the lower half and then flares to a bilobed apex . It is white with a bar of red - brown across the middle . The callus consists of a series of radiating , serrate teeth with the central pair much ...
Page 243
... brown labellum , the tip of which protrudes from below the hood . Pterostylis banksii Cunn . A highly attractive species which is representative of a group restricted to New Zealand . It is most distinctive with its channeled , grass ...
... brown labellum , the tip of which protrudes from below the hood . Pterostylis banksii Cunn . A highly attractive species which is representative of a group restricted to New Zealand . It is most distinctive with its channeled , grass ...
Page 279
... brown spines . Trichoceros muralis with a bilobed apex . The callus is yellow marked with red , and the spur at the ... brown stripes , and the lip is red - brown , often greenish toward the apex . The lateral lobes of the lip are narrow ...
... brown spines . Trichoceros muralis with a bilobed apex . The callus is yellow marked with red , and the spur at the ... brown stripes , and the lip is red - brown , often greenish toward the apex . The lateral lobes of the lip are narrow ...
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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