0 Centroglossa macroceras Barb.Rodr.

Centroglossa macroceras Barb.Rodr., Gen. Sp. Orchid. ii. 235 (1881).

Centroglossa macroceras Barb.Rodr., Photo by Jeremy Oversier

its native range is SE. Brazil.

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0 Telipogon butcheri Dodson & R.Escobar

 Telipogon butcheri Dodson & R.Escobar, Orquideologia 18: 278, fig (1993).

Telipogon butcheri Dodson & R.Escobar, Photo by Ronnie WU

its native range is Panama.

Latinh Name: 

Telipogon butcheri Dodson & R.Escobar. 

Synonym:

No

English Name:

Butcher's Telipogon (Collector of the type)

Description: 

With a short stem completely enveloped by leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying several, narrowly elliptic, acute, conduplicate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, several flowered inflorescence.   

Distribution:

Panamá.

Ecological:

At elevations around 1500 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

1 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are difficult to grow in cultivation because of their difficulty in establishment. They require shade and cool to intermediate temperatures depending on the species. Plants require high air circulation to prevent fungal rot and constant misting. Water twice a week during the winter and heavily mist during the summer. Plants can be grown in sphagnum moss but are usually mounted. When mounting keep the plant loose on the slab as they do not like their roots bounded. Keep humidity high.

Type:

Collector Team:

H.P.Butcher

Type Herbaria:

holotype RPSC

isotype AMES

Distribution Of Types:

Chiriqui (Panama, Central America, Southern America)

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0 Bulbophyllum discolor Schltr.

"Very nice form of Bulbophyllum discolor Schltr. from section Peltopus with coloured petals and outward curved apical portion of the lateral sepals. This is a highly variable species found growing in the lower montane forest of New Guinea (450-3100m). The flowers can vary from entirely dark purple, to a yellowish white with dark purple veins, to this light yellow with faint purple veins. This plant, like many others from this section, is free flowering throughout the year with highly reflective flowers that appear to be glittering to the naked eye. The flowers also dwarf the pseudobulb and leaves in comparative size and last 5-6 days. Plant habit is so similar to B. tentaculiferum that it is very easy to mistake the two; but many of you will see the similarities in the flowers of B. triaristella, which is in the same section."

 Bulbophyllum discolor Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 790 (1913).

 Bulbophyllum discolor Schltr. Photos by Orchids of Kurt

its native range is New Guinea.

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum discolor Schltr. 

Synonym:

Peltopus discolor (Schltr.) Szlach. & Marg.\

English Name:

The Other Colored Bulbophyllum

Description: 

Sepals acute to very shortly acuminate, the median 0.3-0.43 cm long. Petals 0.07-0.09 cm long. Lip 0.1-0.13 cm long, approximately orbicular in outline.   

Distribution:

New Guinea.

Ecological:

On trees in forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte. 

Flowering times:

Blooms at most any time of the year.

Flower size:

1.8 cm.

Cultivation:

Warm growing epiphyte, requires strong light and a dry resting period.

Type:

Jongejan cult. 3230 = Leiden cult. 940446 (holo L, alc. only)

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0 Liparis cordifolia Hook.f.

 Liparis cordifolia Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. ser. 3, 19: t. 1811 (1889).

Liparis cordifolia Hook.f., Photo by 蘇清記

its native range is Himalaya to Taiwan.

Latinh Name: 

Liparis cordifolia Hook.f.

Synonym:

Leptorkis commutata Kuntze

Leptorkis cordifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze

Liparis argentopunctata Aver.

Liparis keitaoensis Hayata

Vietnamese name:

Nhẵn diệp hình tim, Tai dê lá tim 

English Name:

The Heart-Shaped Leaf Liparis.

Chinese name: 

心叶羊耳蒜 xin ye yang er suan

Description: 

Growing terrestrial or lithophyte with ovoid, comressed, clustered pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, broadly ovate, cordate, distinctly veined, acuminate leaf and blooms in the summer and fall on a subdensely 6 to 20 flowered, 6" [15 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with triangular, acute floral bracts.   

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam (Lai Châu, Hà Sơn Bình, Lào Cai, Tam Đảo, Hà Nam Ninh), West Himalaya.

Ecological:

Humus-rich soil in forests, soil-covered crevices or forks of trees; 1000-2000 m. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

1.8 cm.

Cultivation:

Type:

Collector Team:

J. D. Hooker, Hooker & T. Thomson 8

Locality:

Kashia

Type Herbaria:

lectotype K

Chosen By:

X.H.Jin Novon 20(3): 282. 2010 [13 Sep 2010]

Distribution Of Types:

India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)

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0 Bulbophyllum cleistogamum Ridl.

 Bulbophyllum cleistogamum Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 277 (1896).

Bulbophyllum cleistogamum Ridl.; Photos by Jack Taylor

its native range is W. & Central Malesia.

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum cleistogamum Ridl.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum nieuwenhuisii J.J.Sm.

Bulbophyllum salebrosum J.J.Sm.

English Name:

The Self-Fertilizing Bulbophyllum 

Description: 

Growing epiphyte and occasional lithophyte with a rhizome with to 2.5 cm between each, cylindric, conical, curved pseudobulb with a single, apical, leathery, erect, dark green, oblong to oblong-elliptic, gradually narrowing below into the channeled, petiolate base leaf that blooms on a basal, erect, terete, 20 to 60 cm long, single flowered inflorescence with several tubular sheaths and triangular floral bracts that holds the wide opening, odor-less, flower above the leaves.   

Distribution:

Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.

Ecological:

In podosol forests on rocks and trunks of trees at elevations of 400 to 500 m. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

4.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in warm temperatures. Keep moist in summer seasons and do not allow mix to dry, in winter keep the mix slight dry and reduce watering. Keep good air movement to avoid fungal growth. Keep plants in shade. Pot plants in sphagnum moss, fine bark, or mounted. Plant requires an open medium.

Type:

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