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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... flowers , green and white , are the largest in the genus and very showy . The sepals and petals are about ten centimeters long and the spur sixteen centimeters . Aeranthes ramosa Rolfe This species is widespread in the forests on the ...
... flowers , green and white , are the largest in the genus and very showy . The sepals and petals are about ten centimeters long and the spur sixteen centimeters . Aeranthes ramosa Rolfe This species is widespread in the forests on the ...
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... flowers with apple green sepals and petals and a white lip on the upper side of the flower . The var . superbum has larger flowers than the type , and those of subspecies giryamae ( from Africa ) are smaller with shorter spurs ; variety ...
... flowers with apple green sepals and petals and a white lip on the upper side of the flower . The var . superbum has larger flowers than the type , and those of subspecies giryamae ( from Africa ) are smaller with shorter spurs ; variety ...
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... flowers on short scapes amid the leaves . The flowers are typically green with white lips marked with a few purple spots . Cymbidium goeringii is one of the classic orchids of Chinese and Japanese horticulture and art . Cymbidium ...
... flowers on short scapes amid the leaves . The flowers are typically green with white lips marked with a few purple spots . Cymbidium goeringii is one of the classic orchids of Chinese and Japanese horticulture and art . Cymbidium ...
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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