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Acineta superba. Acinetas are found in the wild from Mexico to Peru. The species superba has been found from Venezuela to southern Ecuador along the Andes. Few of these plants remain in the wild but Acinetas are grown in the gardens of many of the plantations of that region. |
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Acineta superba. The pendent blooms hang from the bottom of the plant as can be seen in the
left hand picture. This picture shows a close-up of the blooms. |
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Bifrenaria harrisoniae. An epiphytic orchid from southern Brazil. |
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A gift plant which is not positively identified but thought to be a Brassada, an
intergeneric hybrid of a Brassia and an Ada. Both genera are native to Latin America. |
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Brassia Edvah Loo. An hybrid of the genus Brassia which is native to tropical America.
The plastic pot containing this plant is 8 inches in diameter. |
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Brassia Edvah Loo.The elongated slender sepals and petals are the source of the popular name Spider Orchid. |
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Epicattleya Nebo 'Orchid Haven'. An hybrid produced by crossing a Cattleya (known for their large showy blooms) with an Epidendrum (which tend to be extremely floriferous). Both parent genera are natives to Brazil and surrounding countries. |
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Comparettia speciosa. Found in eastern Peru and Ecuador. A small plant with a very distinctive flower. |
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Cookara Tropical Snowflake. Another example of man messing with nature. This intergeneric hybrid is a cross of Cattleya (South America), Laelia (Mexico/South America), Broughtonia (West Indies), and Diacrium (since reclassified as Caularthron) (West Indies/South America). And I wondered about the "Snow Flake" too. |
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Dilaelia Snowflake 'Frosty' x Brassolaelia Richard Mueller. An hybrid of 3 related genera (Dilaelia, Brassavola, and Laelia) from
South America. |
