Pocket Guide to OrchidsPacked with useful tips on how to grow and cultivate your own flowers, each page shows a different species of orchid and contains detailed information on the flower featured. |
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Page 88
... bulbs , much to the detriment of anyone trying to collect the plants ! Epidendrum As a group the Epidendrums could ... bulb epis , ” or encyclias , have pronounced Right : L. mantiqueirae pseudobulbs and lips only partially attached to ...
... bulbs , much to the detriment of anyone trying to collect the plants ! Epidendrum As a group the Epidendrums could ... bulb epis , ” or encyclias , have pronounced Right : L. mantiqueirae pseudobulbs and lips only partially attached to ...
Page 231
... bulb . Flower spikes may be borne in the leaf axils near the top of the bulb as in Mormodes or Cycnoches , or nearer the bottom as in Catasetum . In nature , Catasetinae are a type of orchid that tends to colonize disturbed habitats ...
... bulb . Flower spikes may be borne in the leaf axils near the top of the bulb as in Mormodes or Cycnoches , or nearer the bottom as in Catasetum . In nature , Catasetinae are a type of orchid that tends to colonize disturbed habitats ...
Page 251
... bulbs mature . As the leaves , which resemble those of large Lycastes , begin to drop , the inflorescence will ... bulb — that bulb giving the new growth — will often just shrivel away , pseudobulbs are best divided into singles and ...
... bulbs mature . As the leaves , which resemble those of large Lycastes , begin to drop , the inflorescence will ... bulb — that bulb giving the new growth — will often just shrivel away , pseudobulbs are best divided into singles and ...
Common terms and phrases
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