Bulbophyllum patens King 1896 is an epiphytic growing, tropical orchid species, native to South-East Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia). The Latin word patens means open and refers to the widely open flowers. Bulbophyllum patens inflorescences, which carry just one single flower, get a length of about 5 cm. Flowers reach a size of about [read more...]
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Dendrobium sulcatum Lindl. 1838 is an epiphytic growing orchids species native to the Himalayas, South China, India (Assam) Myanmar (formerly Burma), North Thailand and Laos. Dendrobium sulcatum racemes consist of up to 20 short-living, yellow flowers. The botanical name sulcatum (sulcatus) refers to the sulcate or furrowed lip of the orchid flower. Single Dendrobium sulcatum [read more...]
2leep.comThe epiphytic growing, tropical orchid species Bulbophyllum claptonense Rolfe 1905 is native to Sabah, the Northern, Malaysian part of Borneo. Finally we couldn´t figure out, if Bulbophyllum claptonense is an universally accepted botanical name, as the name is just accepted as a synonym by some taxonomists, who claim this colorful orchid is just a variety [read more...]
2leep.comThe epiphytic growing Luisia curtisii Seidenf. 1973, with its strange, in sunlight, glooming red lip, looks a bit like a pink colored version of Luisia psyche or Luisia thailandica. The Luisia curtisii orchid has been described and named by the Danish botanist and diplomat Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908-2001) in honour to the English botanist Charles Curtis [read more...]
2leep.comRhynchostylis coelestis (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. ex Veitch 1891 is an epiphytic growing orchid species with blue or purple colored flowers, native to Thailand, where it`s called Khao Kae, Cambodia and Vietnam. As most Rhynchostylis orchids are highly fragrant with a scent reminescent of jasmine, hyacint and lilac, the smell of the Thai orchid Rhynchostylis [read more...]
2leep.comThe pink spotted, epiphytic growing miniature orchid Bulbophyllum dentiferum Ridl. 1915 looks more like a sugar candy, than a real tropical plant. The cute, tiny flowers, with a length of just about 1,2 cm, are arranged in umbels, with up to 20 flowers on inflorescences, which reach a length up to 20 cm. Bulbophyllum dentiferum [read more...]
2leep.comDistributed to Indo-China (Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand and Vietnam) the epiphytic growing Luisia thailandica Seidenf. 1971 is a strange looking orchid and is easily confused with Luisia psyche Rchb.f. 1863. The difference between the two Luisia orchids, Luisia thailandica has no true side lobes, while Luisia psyche has true side lobes. Most of the Luisia [read more...]
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