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Asconopsis Irene Dobkin x Vascostylis Five Friendship
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This miniature-sized, warm-growing epiphytic orchid is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. It has branching stems with up to 10 narrow, unequally bilobed leaves that gradually narrow at the base. Blooming in the spring, it produces a short, 2.5 to 5 cm fleshy inflorescence that thickens at the tip. The short-lived, resupinate flowers emerge from… Continue reading Ascochilopsis myosurus
This warm to cool-growing monopodial epiphytic orchid is found in Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. It blooms in the winter in Thailand.
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This small-sized, hot to warm-growing epiphytic orchid is found in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, growing on trees in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations from sea level to 1000 meters. It has an erect, stout stem covered by persistent, distichous leaf bases and carries ligulate, conduplicate leaves with toothed tips. Blooming mostly in… Continue reading Ascocentrum garayi
Commonly known as the bamboo orchid due to its tall, thin, bamboo-like stems with alternating lanceolate leaves, this giant-sized terrestrial orchid grows in hot to cool climates from sea level to 1200 meters. Blooming throughout the year, it produces a short, 8 cm inflorescence with 2 to 6 fragrant, Cattleya-like flowers, one at a time,… Continue reading Arundina graminifolia
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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
This small epiphytic orchid is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, mainly in hill forests by rivers at elevations of 500 to 1100 meters. It has stems covered by overlapping leaf-bearing sheaths and triangular leaves positioned at right angles to the stem. Blooming from both terminal and lateral inflorescences, it produces thin, freely branching,… Continue reading Appendiculata lucida