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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Page 141
... spots . The petals have a notch on the upper margin . The lip is white with blood- red bars on the hypochile . The column is golden yellow with red spots . Houlletia wallisii Linden & Reichb.f . Houlletia wallisii occurs in Colombia ...
... spots . The petals have a notch on the upper margin . The lip is white with blood- red bars on the hypochile . The column is golden yellow with red spots . Houlletia wallisii Linden & Reichb.f . Houlletia wallisii occurs in Colombia ...
Page 189
... spots and blotching . The lip is yellow with red - brown spots and has a large , pubescent spot in the middle of the blade . It is narrowly ovate with a long- acuminate apex , and the base surrounds the base of the column . The callus ...
... spots and blotching . The lip is yellow with red - brown spots and has a large , pubescent spot in the middle of the blade . It is narrowly ovate with a long- acuminate apex , and the base surrounds the base of the column . The callus ...
Page 190
... spots . The petals have the spots in the form of parallel lines . The lip is white with red - brown spots on the lower half , three - lobed , with small , obovate lateral lobes and an ovate apical lobe , and the base surrounds the base ...
... spots . The petals have the spots in the form of parallel lines . The lip is white with red - brown spots on the lower half , three - lobed , with small , obovate lateral lobes and an ovate apical lobe , and the base surrounds the base ...
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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