Category: Arachnis

This medium-sized, warm-growing epiphytic orchid is found in northern Borneo’s hill forests at elevations of 600 to 800 meters, growing in shaded areas on tree trunks. It has a branching stem covered in old gray or new green sheaths, with coriaceous, ligulate leaves that are unequally and obtusely bilobed at the tip. Blooming in late… Continue reading Arachnis longisepala

This giant-sized, warm-growing epiphytic orchid is found in North Borneo at around 900 meters in elevation. It has a semi-pendulous, elongated, and branched leafy stem with coriaceous, ligulate leaves that are unequally bilobed at the tip. Blooming in summer, it produces a long, 60 cm axillary inflorescence with 8 to 10 flowers, accompanied by small… Continue reading Arachnis grandisepala