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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... leathery leaves at the apex . They are usually widely spaced on the rhizome . The inflorescence consists of a short , leafless shoot arising from the base of a pseudobulb with one or two flowers . The flowers are large , to twelve ...
... leathery leaves at the apex . They are usually widely spaced on the rhizome . The inflorescence consists of a short , leafless shoot arising from the base of a pseudobulb with one or two flowers . The flowers are large , to twelve ...
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... leathery . From the base of the leaf a long - stemmed flower hangs . The color varies from white to yellow , and variously marked with purple . The flower with connate lateral sepals gapes widely . The tiny , dark purple lip deep within ...
... leathery . From the base of the leaf a long - stemmed flower hangs . The color varies from white to yellow , and variously marked with purple . The flower with connate lateral sepals gapes widely . The tiny , dark purple lip deep within ...
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... 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 toward the apex than at ...
... 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 toward the apex than at ...
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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