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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... produced , each reaching eight centimeters in diameter . The sepals and ... inflorescence is erect and produces two to four flowers that reach seven ... inflorescence produced from the axils of the sheaths ; the flowers Lemboglossum ...
... produced , each reaching eight centimeters in diameter . The sepals and ... inflorescence is erect and produces two to four flowers that reach seven ... inflorescence produced from the axils of the sheaths ; the flowers Lemboglossum ...
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... inflorescences are produced throughout the year . The flowers are widely open and are yellow or greenish ( rarely light lavender ) with dark maroon or reddish veins . The labellum is dark maroon or reddish with a paler margin ...
... inflorescences are produced throughout the year . The flowers are widely open and are yellow or greenish ( rarely light lavender ) with dark maroon or reddish veins . The labellum is dark maroon or reddish with a paler margin ...
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... produce a terminal inflorescence at a height of a meter or more . The flowers are borne in a dense cluster , white or pale lilac with many small purplish dots on the lip . Plants are easily maintained in a well - lit greenhouse with ...
... produce a terminal inflorescence at a height of a meter or more . The flowers are borne in a dense cluster , white or pale lilac with many small purplish dots on the lip . Plants are easily maintained in a well - lit greenhouse with ...
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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