http://www.orchids-flowers.com The Beauty of Orchids and Flowers Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/christensonia-vietnamica-haager-1993/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/christensonia-vietnamica-haager-1993/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:57:31 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1995 Christensonia vietnamica Haager 1993 is a newly discovered orchid species. The Orchidaceae genus Christensonia, which contains just one orchid species, the Christensonia vietnamica, has been named in honour to the American taxonomist Eric A.Christenson. The epiphytic growing Christensonia vietnamica is , as the name already suggests, native to Vietnam. Flowers get a size of about [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/christensonia-vietnamica-haager-1993/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/eria-mucronata-lindl-1842-eria-rigida/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/eria-mucronata-lindl-1842-eria-rigida/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:24:18 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1991 The Eria mucronata Lindl.1842 orchid species is mostly known as Eria rigida Blume 1856, which is just accepted as a synonym. The epiphytic growing Eria mucronata orchids are native to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Guinea. Flowers reach a size of about 1 cm. Flowering period: March – April © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Eria mucronata [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/eria-mucronata-lindl-1842-eria-rigida/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/hoya-praetorii-miq-1856/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/hoya-praetorii-miq-1856/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:56:40 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1930 The spectacular Hoya praetorii Miq. 1856 has been namend by the Dutch botanist Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811-1871) in honour to the botanist Christiaan Frederik Eduard Praetorius (1799 – 1846). Hoya praetorii is native to Sumatra and Java, Indonesia and is related to Hoya lasiantha, which seems to be another Hoya species. Hoya praetorii flowers [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/hoya-praetorii-miq-1856/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/jade-vine-strongylodon-macrobotrys/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/jade-vine-strongylodon-macrobotrys/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:32:30 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1923 The Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) is a tropical vine, native to the rainforests of the Philippines. Through the destruction of the rainforests this plant species is threatened in the wild. The bright turquoise colored flowers look artificial and unreal. A few years ago, we found flowers on the floor in our tropical garden and thought [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/jade-vine-strongylodon-macrobotrys/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/cattleya-chocolate-drop-kodama/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/cattleya-chocolate-drop-kodama/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:30:34 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1912 Cattleya Chocolate Drop Kodama is a primary orchid hybrid, a crossing between Cattleya guttata and Cattleya aurantiaca. The fragrant flowers, the sweet and strong scent is reminescent of rose, citrus and lily, gets a size of about 6 cm. The Cattleya Chocolate Drop “Kodama” orchid hybrid has been registered in the year 1965 and is [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/cattleya-chocolate-drop-kodama/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/bulbophyllum-careyanum-spreng-1826/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/bulbophyllum-careyanum-spreng-1826/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:47:12 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1907 It was the famous English botanist William Jackson Hooker, who named the Bulbophyllum careyanum (Hook.) Spreng. 1826 orchid species, in honour to the English botanist and missonary William Carey (1761-1834) as Anisopetalum careyanum Hook. 1825. The German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766-1833) changed the name a year later to Bulbophyllum careyanum. Bulbophyllum careyanum, an [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/bulbophyllum-careyanum-spreng-1826/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/stichorkis-latifolia-pfitzer-1897-liparis-latifolia/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/stichorkis-latifolia-pfitzer-1897-liparis-latifolia/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:53:08 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1897 Primarily the Stichorkis latifolia (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1897 has been classified by the German-Dutch botanist Karl Ludwig Blume as Malaxis latifolia Blume 1825. Sir John Lindley changed the name in Liparis latifolia Lindl. 1830, which seems to be principally used, but is just accepted as a synonym. The Stichorkis latifolia (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1897 is a terrestrially [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/stichorkis-latifolia-pfitzer-1897-liparis-latifolia/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/famous-botanists/olof-peter-swartz-swedish-botanist/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/famous-botanists/olof-peter-swartz-swedish-botanist/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:06:08 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1881 Olof Peter Swartz (1760-1818) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He studied at the University of Uppsala under Carl Linnaeus the Younger, son of the famous Carolus Linnaeus, where he got his doctorate in 1781. In 1780 started to travel and collected about 6000 specimens. In the year 1786 he went to London, where he [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/famous-botanists/olof-peter-swartz-swedish-botanist/feed/ 1 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/cymbidium-chloranthum-lindl-1843/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/cymbidium-chloranthum-lindl-1843/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:09:14 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1873 Cymbidium chloranthum Lindl. 1843 is an epiphytic growing orchid species native to Malaysia and Indonesia. Cymbidium chloranthum flowers reach a size of about 3-4 cm. Flowering period: all year round. © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Cymbidium chloranthum Lindl. 1843 Photographer: Kitisak “Nat”Jaidee]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/cymbidium-chloranthum-lindl-1843/feed/ 0 http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/clitoria-ternatea-butterfly-pea-flower/ http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/clitoria-ternatea-butterfly-pea-flower/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:33:28 +0000 admin http://www.orchids-flowers.com/?p=1865 Clitoria ternatea, commonly called Butterfly pea is a tropical vine from the family of Fabaceae. The beautiful, bright blue flowers are edible and in many asian countries used for natural food coloring. Clitoria ternatea, Butterfly Pea flowers are rich in blue proanthocyanidin and also a natural antioxidant. In Thailand the butterfly pea is called Dok [read more...]]]> http://www.orchids-flowers.com/tropical-flowers/clitoria-ternatea-butterfly-pea-flower/feed/ 1