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 101
... long have many persistent , leathery leaves . Racemes to 30 centimeters long bear up to eight or more large , long - lasting flowers . Sepals are white ; petals are long and twisted , yellow- green ; and the lip is white with violet ...
... long have many persistent , leathery leaves . Racemes to 30 centimeters long bear up to eight or more large , long - lasting flowers . Sepals are white ; petals are long and twisted , yellow- green ; and the lip is white with violet ...
Page 102
... centimeters long , very wiry at the base and thicker and distinctly four - sided in the top half , with up to five thin , leathery leaves . Short racemes produce from one to nine spidery flowers up to twelve centimeters long , greenish ...
... centimeters long , very wiry at the base and thicker and distinctly four - sided in the top half , with up to five thin , leathery leaves . Short racemes produce from one to nine spidery flowers up to twelve centimeters long , greenish ...
Page 189
... centimeters long with up to twelve flowers produced . The flowers reach six centimeters in diameter . Sepals and petals are similar , narrow , spreading , and yellow spotted with red - brown . The lip is trowel - shaped with a long ...
... centimeters long with up to twelve flowers produced . The flowers reach six centimeters in diameter . Sepals and petals are similar , narrow , spreading , and yellow spotted with red - brown . The lip is trowel - shaped with a long ...
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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