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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... rhizome of the plant will be only about one or two centimeters below the rim , then fill in around the plant with medium , pressing it down firmly in the process . Larger plants may require a rhizome clip or a stake to immobilize them ...
... rhizome of the plant will be only about one or two centimeters below the rim , then fill in around the plant with medium , pressing it down firmly in the process . Larger plants may require a rhizome clip or a stake to immobilize them ...
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... rhizome . The fleshy leaves may be more than a meter long or only a few millimeters , depending on the species . Inflorescences arise laterally from the rhizome or the base of the pseudobulb rather than from its apex . Flowers usually ...
... rhizome . The fleshy leaves may be more than a meter long or only a few millimeters , depending on the species . Inflorescences arise laterally from the rhizome or the base of the pseudobulb rather than from its apex . Flowers usually ...
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... rhizome . The green and purple - black flowers are very similar to those of C. pandurata , except that the labellum is not fiddle - shaped . Grow under warm conditions on long slabs to accommodate the long internodes of the rhizome ...
... rhizome . The green and purple - black flowers are very similar to those of C. pandurata , except that the labellum is not fiddle - shaped . Grow under warm conditions on long slabs to accommodate the long internodes of the rhizome ...
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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