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 101
... yellow- green ; and the lip is white with violet veins . In a bright , moist , and airy situation it flowers more than once each year . Minimum winter temperature 15 ° C . Dendrobium strebloceras Reichb.f . A large canelike plant from ...
... yellow- green ; and the lip is white with violet veins . In a bright , moist , and airy situation it flowers more than once each year . Minimum winter temperature 15 ° C . Dendrobium strebloceras Reichb.f . A large canelike plant from ...
Page 195
... yellow - brown sepals and petals are similar in size and shape and are clawed at the base . The lip is yellow spotted with red - brown and is trowel - shaped . The crest is yellow , large , fleshy , and consists of a central , broad ...
... yellow - brown sepals and petals are similar in size and shape and are clawed at the base . The lip is yellow spotted with red - brown and is trowel - shaped . The crest is yellow , large , fleshy , and consists of a central , broad ...
Page 196
... yellow near the apex . The lip is three- lobed with the lateral lobes larger than the midlobe , yellow spotted with red - brown , and the midlobe is yellow with a brown spot in front of the four - lobed , pubescent crest . The column ...
... yellow near the apex . The lip is three- lobed with the lateral lobes larger than the midlobe , yellow spotted with red - brown , and the midlobe is yellow with a brown spot in front of the four - lobed , pubescent crest . The column ...
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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