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Aërides altitudes Angraecum anther apex approximately Arachnis Ascocentrum bark base Brassavola Brassia Brazil Broughtonia carries Cattleya central lobe central sepal Characteristics Cochlioda colour column Comparettia compost Cultivation cymbidiums dark Dendrobium Description This genus Diacrium diameter Domingoa Doritis edge egg-shaped elliptical elongated Epidendreae Epidendrum epiphytes fibre and sphagnum fleshy flower stem Flowering season Autumn Flowering season Spring Flowering season Usually front lobe Genera growth Habitat Habitat Brazil humidity hybrids inflorescence labellum Laelia Laeliopsis lanceolate lateral sepals leaf leathery leaves Masdevallia Miltonia mixture of osmunda narrow Neofinetia Odontoglossum Oncidium orchids osmunda osmunda fibre oval Paphiopedilum pendulous Phalaenopsis plants Pleurothallis pollinia pots pseudobulbs Renanthera repotting require rest period rhizome Rhynchostylis Rodriguezia roots Schomburgkia sepals and petals shape sheaths short side lobes slightly Sophronitis species sphagnum moss Sub-tribe summer temperature tongue-shaped tree-fern fibre tri-lobed lip tropical Vanda Vandopsis violet warm conditions watering wide yellow yellowish