The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species |
Contents
Foreword | 6 |
Artificial Hybridisation | 25 |
Pollination and Seed Production | 34 |
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0.3 cm broad 0.5 cm long 1-leafed at apex 2-leaved acuminate acute altitude anther apical apiculate arcuate basal base Botanical Register bracts broadly callus Cattleya CLOSELY RELATED SPECIES cm broad cm in diameter cm long Colour Plate Column short column-foot concave coriaceous CULTURE Compost Dendrobium DERIVATION OF NAME described by John disc distichous Dorsal sepal elliptic Epidendreae Epidendroideae Epidendrum epiphytic herb epiphytic plant fleshy genera genus H. G. Reichenbach HISTORY Discovered Hooker Inflorescence Inflorescence erect John Lindley keeled lanceolate lateral sepals laxly Leaf Leaves ligulate Lindl linear Lip 3-lobed lithophytic Loddiges many-flowered mentum mid-lobe narrowly oblanceolate obliquely oblong oblong-elliptic obovate obtuse Odontoglossum Oncidium Orchidaceae orchids ovate ovoid Paphiopedilum peduncle petiolate pollinia Pseudobulbs pubescent purple racemose Rchb.f recurved reflexed rhizome Rolfe Rudolf Schlechter Schltr sepals and petals sheaths side lobes slender spotted spreading spur Stems stout subacute suberect Subfamily Vandoideae Tribe Subtribe SYNONYMS TAXONOMY terete terrestrial TYPE SPECIES Vandoideae viscidium yellow