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Epidendrum cinnabarinum This plant is grown as a hedge in it's native habitat, coastal northeastern Brazil. |
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Epidendrum peperomia. Grows in the pine and oak forests from Nicaragua through Ecuador at elevations of 600-2700 meters. Grows like a weed in the greenhouse. |
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Epiphronitis Veitch. The product of a very early hybridization, this plant is a cross between a Sophronitis coccinea and and Epidendrum. |
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Leptotes bicolor.A diminutive epiphyte native to eastern Brazil and Paraguay. |
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Maxillaria sanderiana. This species is found in Peru and Ecuador at the 1200-2400 meter elevations. The pendent inflorescences are produced from the base of the
pseudobulbs. |
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Maxillaria sanderiana. A close-up of a blossom. |
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Promanea xanthina. A cool growing epiphyte from Brazil. The blooms last an unusually long time. |
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Sigmatostalix radicans 'Selton'. A native to wet tropical forests from Mexico to Brazil. |
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Stanhopea frymerei. This species is native to the wet montane forests of western Ecuador. Most Stanhopea species bloom on a pendulous raceme originating from the pseudobulbs. For an idea of size, the wooden basket containing this plant is 1 foot square. |
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Stanhopea frymerei. A close-up of the flowers.
As with most Stanhopea, the blooms only last a few days. |
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Trichocerus antennifer (aka parviflorus). "The Fly Orchid." A rather bizarre little
orchid which depends on flies for pollination. Rather than attract the pollinator with smell or color,
the bloom resembles a female fly resting on a flower. Male flies copulate with the
faux female and, in so doing, attract pollinia from the plant which is dropped off on the next flower they fall in love with. The deception is so good that flies have been observed in nature randomly alternating their copulation between Trichocerus and real female flies. The plant is endemic to northern and western South America. |
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