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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... genus of three species from east of the Andes from Surinam to Bolivia . The genus is characterized by the small , unfoliate or leafless pseudobulbs surrounded by foliaceous leaf - sheaths ; the one - flowered inflorescences produced ...
... genus of three species from east of the Andes from Surinam to Bolivia . The genus is characterized by the small , unfoliate or leafless pseudobulbs surrounded by foliaceous leaf - sheaths ; the one - flowered inflorescences produced ...
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... genus , occurs rarely in Costa Rica and Colombia . Unfortunately , the huge , fleshy flower only barely opens at the tip . The dark , red - purple sepals are covered by a dense pubescence composed of thick , multiple - branching hairs ...
... genus , occurs rarely in Costa Rica and Colombia . Unfortunately , the huge , fleshy flower only barely opens at the tip . The dark , red - purple sepals are covered by a dense pubescence composed of thick , multiple - branching hairs ...
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... genus named in honor of George Bentham , English botanist Neocogniauxia hexaptera This is a curious African genus containing a single species of terrestrial or lithophytic orchid . The plants look like a tropical grass , with a long ...
... genus named in honor of George Bentham , English botanist Neocogniauxia hexaptera This is a curious African genus containing a single species of terrestrial or lithophytic orchid . The plants look like a tropical grass , 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