Orchid Flowers

The most popular orchid of the Catasetum species, Catasetum pileatum.

I think this is the unique orchid, because it has deferences of flowers between male and female. ...Read more »

From the name, we should know that the original habitat of this plant in Philippines. Amesiella philippinensis usually grows epiphytically on the forested slopes in hot to warm conditions in Philippines. This beautiful plant has short stems with large fragrant flowers (3-4.5 cm) in white. Blooming season in spring and summer.

The handsome orchid with fragrant flowers, but very hard to maintain in cultivation. Acacallis cyanea that synonym of Aganisia cyanea is usually known as the Dark Blue Acacalis. Found in Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia, and usually grows epiphytically on trees throughout the upper Amazon Basin. ...Read more »

This plant is so impressive, Cattleya leopoldii, one of the highly popular orchids of Cattleya family.

This fragrant orchid is found in Brazil and usually grows on trees and shrubs near coastal sand dunes. The plants with 1 meter tall have two or three leathery leaves. They can produce about 20 flowers or more per spike. ...Read more »

Phragmipedium besseae was discovered in the 1980's. Usually growing on rock faces in semishade with moderate temperature. Their native habitats in Ecuador and Peru. This exotic orchid has been used extensively in hybridization to create new line that is free flowering and easy to grow. They have flowers in dark red with 8 cm wide, some of them more yellow in Zamora population. This rare and endangered plant blooms mainly in autumn.

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This beautiful orchid from Burma and Thailand produces the handsome plant with sheaths covered with black hairs. The flowers appear in threes or fours on stems. The wide of flowers 8-10 cm with papery white and the golden yellow at the center of their lips. They area one of the easiest dendrobiums to grow and flower to perfection. Usually growing in the cooler climates. In Thailand, they bloom during January to March.

This orchid remind me to the popular English nursery rhymes Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. The Indonesian people always know the Phalaenopsis bellina as anggrek kelip (anggrek kelip means twinkle orchid in English), because their flowers look like the Twinkle Little Star. ...Read more »

Coelogyne celebensis where celebensis is taken from their original habitat, Celebes or Sulawesi, is a big island in Indonesia that produce a wide variety of orchid families. ...Read more »

This is a yellowest orchid that I ever have seen. The yellow is really contrast, but still beautiful and fantastic.

Cymbidium nevada, the modern orchid have been cultivated and hybridized for more than 100 years. Usually growing in the cooler climates and blooming in the spring season. Each of them can have a dozen or more upright flowers when blooming and lasting for the weeks.

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