Showing posts with label fleur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fleur. Show all posts
Friday, August 2, 2013

Psychilis macconnelliae, from St. Croix in the Virgin Islands

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In January of 2013 I had the pleasure to visit the island of Saint Croix.  I was invited by Edna Hamilton (the President of the St. Croi...
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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Bulbophyllum tingabarinum Garay, Hammer, Siegrist 1994, has proven to be wildly attractive to a species of local fly.

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The flowers of Bulbophyllum tingabarinum opened about two days ago.  This morning when I walked into the garden I found the flowers had attr...
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Bulbophyllum inunctum J. J. Sm. 1906, a small orchid with relatively large flowers

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This orchid was a present from a friend.  Unfortunately it arrived at the height of the dry season.   The bare root pseudobulbs were ...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Bulbophyllum tingabarinum Garay, Hammer, Siegrist 1994, on bloom in July.

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I brought thisplant at a 2012 meeting of the Orquidistas de Puerto Rico, group that originated in Facebook.  I wanted it becaus...
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Domingoa haematochila (Rchb. f.) Carabia 1943, photo from the 2013 visit

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In 2012 I visited Mona Island and was able to take photos of Domingoa haematochila plants near the Sardinera camping area.  Unfortu...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Soft cane Dendrobium, end of growing season flowers

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Dendrobium Bohemian Rhapsody, end of growing season flower Dendrobium Bohemian Rhapsody, normal flower Dendrobium ano...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Vanda Pachara Delight 'Pachara' AM/AOS

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This large flowered Vanda hybrid was part of Edwin Alberto Perez award winning exhibit at the Mayaguez orchid society orchid Se...

Brassolaeliocattleya Samba Splendor 'Puerto Rico'

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Photographed at the 2012 Mayaguez orchid society Orchid Show, at the Mayaguez Mall.  I used sunlight streaming through a skylight to...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Brassia Edvah Loo 'Nishida' specimen plant

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All the inflorescences would orient in the direction of the strongest ligh, this caused some to overlap which caused the flowers to b...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

The stunning Dendrobium devonianum

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A few years back I saw a photo of a flower of Dendrobium devonianum that was so spectacular that it took my breath away.  ...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Cymbidium Dorothy Stockstill 'Forgotten Fruit'

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I brought this plant the annual PR orchid society show in San Juan in 2007.  When I brought this orchid it was a sma...

Dendrobium gouldii 'Black Koa' a yellow colored "antilope" Dendrobium

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A mature flower with fully curled petals. A newly opened flower. A few years back I brought a seedling of this plant from Tro...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Myrmecophila grandiflora (formerly Schomburgkia tibicinis var. grandiflora)

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A full plant view that shows the six feet plus inflorescence. The flower against the morning sky, note the ants in the bud....
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Epidendrum , ackermanii Hagsater 2004, formerly known as Epidendrum secundum from Puerto RIco

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A plant from Maricao Side view of the callus of the lip Front view of the lip The inflorescence of a plant from ...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

A large flowered red Maxillaria species from the Quito Botanical Gardens, somewhat reminicent of nigrescens

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I found this orchid growing among the rocks in the display area of the Quito Botanical Gardens, Ecuador.  The plant was growing at grou...
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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Pleurothallis gargantua seen in Mindo, Ecuador

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I saw this plant in the gardens of Cabañas Armonia in Mindo Ecuador.  This very large pleurothallid orchid has the largest ...