Rhynchostylis gigantea var. rubrum Sagarik is a dark amethyst purple colored variation of the beautiful Rhynchostylis gigantea, found in West Thailand and has been described by the Thai botanist and orchid researcher Prof. Rapee Sakarik (born 1922). Inflorescences of this epiphytic growing orchid species can reach a length up to about 40 cm and carry [read more...]
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Vanda pumila Hook. f. 1890 is a small epiphytic growing orchids species native to North India, South China, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Burma (Myanamar), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra (Indonesia). Commonly the slightly fragrant orchid is called dwarf Vanda, in Thailand Ueang Pak Pet, what means duck’s bill orchid. Vanda pumila flowers get a size of [read more...]
2leep.comQuite recently, in the year 1987, the lady slipper orchid species Paphiopedilum henryanum Braem 1987 has been discovered, what shows us that there are still lots of plants, which we don`t know yet. Paphiopedilum henryanum is native to South China and North Vietnam and grows lithophytic at limestone cliffs at elevations from 600 - …
2leep.comCoelogyne eberhardtii Gagnep. 1930 is an epiphytic growing orchid species native to Vietnam. Coelogyne eberhardtii has been described by the French botanist François Gagnepain (1866–1952) in the year 1930. The single flower get a size of about 6 cm. © Orchids Flowers.com Image: Coelogyne eberhardtii
2leep.comEpidendrum stamfordianum Bateman 1838 is, like the most Epidendrum orchids, an epiphytic, rarely terrestrialy growing orchid species, endemic to tropical America, from Mexico through to Venezuela. Inflorescences can reach a length up to about 80 cm and sprout lots of fragrant, long-lasting flowers. Flowering period: Winter - Summer. Flower size: about 4 cm long. …
2leep.comBulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe 1907 is a small sized, epiphytic growing orchid species native to Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Salomon islands and Australia. Commonly called graceful Bulbophyllum or wispy umbrella orchid the British botanist Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921) classified this orchid beauty primarily as Cirrhopetalum gracillimum in 1895, in 1907 he changed [read more...]
2leep.comAs we found this beautiful Catasetum orchid hybrid at an orchid competition in Chiang Mai, North Thailand, we didn´t know, that it will need more than a years time to figure the name Catasetum Jumbo Waltz out. For the very first time we couldn`t get more information about an orchid, so if You have informations [read more...]
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