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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... elongate and rigidly leathery . The flowers reach seven centimeters in diameter . The sepals and petals are pinkish white densely flecked with red . The lip is white flushed with rose and speckled with red . The lip is much broader ...
... elongate and rigidly leathery . The flowers reach seven centimeters in diameter . The sepals and petals are pinkish white densely flecked with red . The lip is white flushed with rose and speckled with red . The lip is much broader ...
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... elongate rhizomes between obvious pseudobulbs with flat , distichous leaves ; the lateral inflorescence elongate , racemose ; the sepals and petals free ; the lip three - lobed , sessile and surrounding the short , spiny column ; and ...
... elongate rhizomes between obvious pseudobulbs with flat , distichous leaves ; the lateral inflorescence elongate , racemose ; the sepals and petals free ; the lip three - lobed , sessile and surrounding the short , spiny column ; and ...
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... elongate rhizome with pseudobulbs of a single internode with one to four leaves at the apex ; the foliaceous sheaths surrounding the base of the pseudobulbs ; the leaves plicate , heavily veined ; the inflorescence arising from the ...
... elongate rhizome with pseudobulbs of a single internode with one to four leaves at the apex ; the foliaceous sheaths surrounding the base of the pseudobulbs ; the leaves plicate , heavily veined ; the inflorescence arising from the ...
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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