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Selected Species from NMQOC

Species Appreciation Group

15th

June 2013 Photos courtesy of David James, Graham Corbin

Orchid commentary courtesy of Nev Bone

Sophronitis cernua

Pelatantheria insectifera

Oncidium gravesianum

Oncidium

batemanianum

Oncidium maduroi

Oncidium hyphaematicum

Dendrobium lichenastrum

Lycaste guatemalensis

Laelia anceps

Phalaenopsis amabilis

Cattleya forbesii var. aurea

Bulbophyllum lasiochilum

Bulbophyllum lobbii

Oncidium hastilabium

epiphyte

750 to 2200m

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru &

Venezuela

Growing in evergeen forests in

exposed locations on the major

limbs & trunks of trees with

moderate rainfall.

Trichoglottis geminata

epiphyte or lithophyte

sea level to 1100m

Islands of Borneo,

Sulawesi, Ambon, Seram &

the Philippines

Grows on rocks & trees

often near the sea as an

upright to semi-pendulous

orchid in semi shade

locations.

Mormolyca hedwigiae

Bulbophyllum digoelense

Haraella retrocalla

Dracontia tuerckheimii

Vappodes affinis

Phalaenopsis amboinensis

Dendrobium lancifolium

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi

Dockrillia rigida

Phalaenopsis

equestris

Polystachya galeata

Bulbophyllum schillerianum

Maxillariella mexicana

epiphyte, lithophyte,

terrestrial

Mexico to Venezuela

Growing in open to dense

humid forests, generally in

medium to low light.

Vanda limbata

epiphyte

sea level to 1000m

Sulawesi & Java

Grows as a large Vanda in

exposed locations on major

limbs & trunks of trees

where it receives plenty of

moisture (monsoonal

conditions). Flowers have a

fragrance of cinnamon.

Dendrobium affine

Brassavola digbyana

Bulbophyllum careyanum

Dockrillia bowmanii

Cattleya maxima

Oncidium ornithorhynchum

Barkeria whartoniana

lithophyte

Grows in Southern Mexico. in exposed

conditions at low altitude in deciduous

forests.

Dendrobium wassellii

Dendrochilum wenzelii

epiphyte

500 - 1800m

Philippines

Growing in mountain forests on the trunks and

outer branches in filtered light.

Dendrochilum convallariiforme

lithophyte

300 to 1900m

Endemic to the Philippines were it grows in the

moist rain forest

Oncidium aff. excavatum