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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Over 1100 Species Illustrated and Identified Alec M. Pridgeon. 60 CERATOSTYLIS RETISQUAMA distributed from Nepal to New Guinea , with a concentration of species in Indonesia and New Guinea . Ceratostylis is noted for having small ...
Over 1100 Species Illustrated and Identified Alec M. Pridgeon. 60 CERATOSTYLIS RETISQUAMA distributed from Nepal to New Guinea , with a concentration of species in Indonesia and New Guinea . Ceratostylis is noted for having small ...
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... species distributed from Mexico to Bolivia but with strongest representation in the Amazon region . The genus is characterized by the elongate , cylindrical pseudobulbs ( small and terrestrial in the G. beyrichii group ) , with thin ...
... species distributed from Mexico to Bolivia but with strongest representation in the Amazon region . The genus is characterized by the elongate , cylindrical pseudobulbs ( small and terrestrial in the G. beyrichii group ) , with thin ...
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... species , widely distributed from Sri Lanka to New Guinea . The long , chainlike inflorescences produced from the top of the pseudobulbs are similar to those of Dendrochilum but differ by their large , usually imbricating bracts . The ...
... species , widely distributed from Sri Lanka to New Guinea . The long , chainlike inflorescences produced from the top of the pseudobulbs are similar to those of Dendrochilum but differ by their large , usually imbricating bracts . 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