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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... tropics , especially the Neotropics . Dressler ( 1981 ) estimated that as many as 3,000 species occur in Colombia , 2,500 in Brazil , and 1,500 in Venezuela . Tropical Africa has about 3,100 species and tropical Asia some 6,800 . The ...
... tropics , especially the Neotropics . Dressler ( 1981 ) estimated that as many as 3,000 species occur in Colombia , 2,500 in Brazil , and 1,500 in Venezuela . Tropical Africa has about 3,100 species and tropical Asia some 6,800 . The ...
Page 79
... tropical species should be kept continuously warm , as they prefer no chilling period . The tropical species mostly produce pendent inflorescences and should grown in baskets or in hanging pots . Cymbidium canaliculatum R. Br . This ...
... tropical species should be kept continuously warm , as they prefer no chilling period . The tropical species mostly produce pendent inflorescences and should grown in baskets or in hanging pots . Cymbidium canaliculatum R. Br . This ...
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... tropical South America , the West Indies , Florida , tropical Africa , Madagascar , the Mascarene Isles , and the Seychelles . Plants are terrestrial , rarely epiphytic . Leaves are rather leathery . The inflorescence can be racemose or ...
... tropical South America , the West Indies , Florida , tropical Africa , Madagascar , the Mascarene Isles , and the Seychelles . Plants are terrestrial , rarely epiphytic . Leaves are rather leathery . The inflorescence can be racemose or ...
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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