Friday, March 2, 2012

Stelis porschiana Porsch's Stelis


Common Names: Porsch's Stelis, Leach Orchid
Species: Stelis porschiana
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An interesting orchid with tiny, minute flowers.

Bryobium eriaeoides Orchid


Species: Bryobium eriaeoides
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This straight-species orchid produces long sprays of small, white flowers, and has long, lush foliage.

Sarcochilus falcatus x Sarcochilus spathulatus


Common Name: Sarco. Orchid Hybrid
Species: Sarcochilus falcatus x Sarcochilus spathulatus
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A dainty, small flowered, cream coloured, epiphytic Sarco. orchid hybrid. Unfortunately the shot wasn't as focused as I would have liked.

Habenaria rhodocheila Bog Orchid Orange Flower


Common Name: Bog Orchid
Species: Habenaria rhodocheila
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A small, but profusely flowered bog orchid species, with a large bright orange lip that comprises most of the flower.

Habenaria rhodocheila Bog Orchid


Common Name: Bog Orchid
Species: Habenaria rhodocheila
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A stunning bright orange flowered orchid species.

Eria hyacinthoides Orchid


Common Name: Eria Orchid
Species: Eria hyacinthoides
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Eria hyacinthoides is a dainty, pure-white, small-flowered, straight-species orchid.

Miltonia moreliana Orchid


Common Name: Milt. Orchid
Species: Miltonia moreliana
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely straight-species orchid flower with deep purple sepals and petals, and a lighter pink lip with purple vein markings.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Tolumnia Susan Perriera x Rodrumnia Leanne Johnson


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Tolu. Susan Perriera x Rrm. Leanne Johnson
Species: Tolumnia Susan Perriera x Rodrumnia Leanne Johnson
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An interesting little orchid flower, the brown on cream speckled pattern is very pretty.

Trichocentrum Orchid Green Gold


Common Name: Trichocentrum Green Gold, Trt. Green Gold
Species: Trichocentrum Green Gold
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely orchid with brown speckled patterned sepals and petals and a large cream coloured lip.

Vanda Rungbruk Blue


Common Name: Vanda Orchid
Species: Vanda Rungbruk Blue
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely V. cultivar with blue orchid flowers.

Vanda Orchid Rungbruk Blue


Common Name: Vanda Orchid, V. Orchid
Species: Vanda Rungbruk Blue
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This orchid has a lovely purplish blue flower with lighter coloured windows on the sepals and petals, and a deep royal purple, almost black lip.

Laelia crispa Flower Showing Lip Portrait


Common Name: Laelia Orchid, Cattleya Orchid
Species: Laelia crispa
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A portrait shot of the same orchid flower centered on the amazing purple on white colouration of the lip of the flower. This plant has recently been reclassified as Cattleya crispa.

Laelia crispa Orchid


Common Name: Laelia Orchid, Cattleya Orchid
Species: Laelia crispa
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This is an elegant orchid flower with curved white petals and sepals with frilled margins, and an intricately patterned deep royal purple lip. According to Wikipedia, this plant has been reclassified as Cattleya crispa.

Cattleya bicolor Orchid


Common Name: Cattleya Orchid
Species: Cattleya bicolor
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A pretty orchid flower with burgundy speckled, glossy, dark-salmon coloured petals and sepals, and a vibrant bright purple lip.

Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina Orchid


Common Name: Cattleya Orchid
Species: Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely orchid flower with soft, light pastel pink petals and sepals and a lip with a vibrant purple highlight.

Slipper Orchid Paphiopedilum Prime Child


Common Name: Slipper Orchid
Species: Paphiopedilum Prime Child
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Another stunning yellow and brown Paph. orchid. The petals have hairs and brown speckles while the sepals have brown stripes, an interesting contrast.

Slipper Orchid Paphiopedilum Golddollar


Common Names: Lady's Slipper Orchid, Slipper Orchid
Species: Paphiopedilum Golddollar
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A stunning, fully yellow Paph. slipper orchid flower, although its dorsal sepal does have a bit of a greenish tinge to it.  Almost.

Paphiopedilum curtisii Lady's Slipper Orchid Flower


Common Name: Lady's Slipper Orchid
Species: Paphiopedilum curtisii
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

These Paph. orchids remind me so much of pitcher plants, especially ones with colouration such as this. I love how the dorsal sepal of the flower has a purple striped pattern while the petals are speckled.

Paphiopedilum curtisii Lady Slipper Orchid


Common Name: Lady Slipper Orchid
Species: Paphiopedilum curtisii
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Side on shot of the flower of Paph. curtisii.

Paphiopedilum curtisii Spotted Leaves


Common Name: Lady Slipper Orchid
Species: Paphiopedilum curtisii
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The lovely spotted leaves of Paph. curtisii.

Paphiopedilum Magic Lantern


Common Name: Paphiopedilum Cultivar Magic Lantern
Species: Paphiopedilum Magic Lantern
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely pink Paph. orchid, the lip, dorsal sepal and petals of the flowers are white with pink to purple venation and pink margins.

Cattleya guttata Spotted Cattleya Orchid


Common Name: Spotted Cattleya
Species: Cattleya guttata
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A pretty straight species Cattleya orchid flower with maroon-speckled, green-tinged yellow sepals and petals, and a purple and white lip.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Dendrobium Orchid Burana Green Star


Common Name: Dedrobium Orchid Cultivar Burana Green Star
Species: Dendrobium Burana Green Star
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An interesting orchid flower with green petals and sepals, and a strongly contrasting, deep maroon lip.

Dendrobium White Fairy Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Dendrobium Orchid Cultivar White Fairy
Species: Dendrobium White Fairy
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely pure white Dendrobium orchid flower cultivar.

Dendrobium Blue Foxtail 'Salaya' Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Dendrobium Orchid Cultivar Blue Foxtail 'Salaya'
Species: Dendrobium Blue Foxtail 'Salaya'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely Dendrobium Orchid flower with dainty, almost transparent purple sepals, petals and lip, the sepals also have white margins which add to the appeal of this cultivar.

Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Claudebec Candy


Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Claudebec Candy
Species: Cattleya Claudebec Candy
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Another, more pink cultivar of C. Claudebec Candy with less speckling.

Cattleya Lulu 'Pnk Blush' Orchid


Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Lulu 'Pink Blush'
Species: Cattleya Lulu 'Pink Blush'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The petals and sepals of the flowers of this C. Lulu orchid cultivar are white with purple speckles, the lip is white with pink markings that follow the venation.

Hybrid Orchid Cattleya Towering Inferno 'Lava Flow'


Common Name: Hybrid Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Towering Inferno 'Lava Flow'
Species: Cattleya Towering Inferno 'Lava Flow'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An orchid flower with thin, leathery magenta peatals and sepals, with a deeper coloured lip with a lighter underside.

Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Laleliocattleya Mini Purple x Cattleya Chocolate Drop


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Lc. Mini Purple x C. Chocolate Drop
Species: Laleliocattleya Mini Purple x Cattleya Chocolate Drop
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The flowers of this orchid have pink petals and sepals with a glossy sheen, and a similar but darker in colour and slightly wider lip.

Brassolaeliocattleya Mahino Yahiro x Blc. Lucky Strike 'Monkultra Kul'


Common Name: Blc. Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Mahino Yahiro x Lucky Strike 'Monkultra Kul'
Species: Brassolaeliocattleya Mahino Yahiro x Brassolaeliocattleya Lucky Strike 'Monkultra Kul'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An elegant orchid cultivar with large, frilly purple sepals and petals, and a large, frilly purple lip with a yellow and red centre.

Uknown Purple Hybrid Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Purple Hybrid Orchid Cultivar
Species: Unknown sp. (leave a comment if known)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An orchid flower with pink sepals and petals and a deep purple lip with yellow highlights.

Cattleya Orchid Caudabec Candy


Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Cultivar Caudabec Candy
Species: Cattleya Caudabec Candy
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

C. Caudabec Candy is a lovely orchid with pretty purple-specked white petals and sepals, a bright pink and white-tinged lip.

Hybrid Orchid Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop Kodama 4N


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Ctt. Chocolate Drop Kodama 4N
Species: Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop Kodama 4N
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An interesting orchid with leathery, deep red petals and sepals, and a similar, but more purple lip.

Cattleya guattata x Cattleya gracelis Hybrid Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Hybrid C. guttata 'Alba' x C. gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Species: Cattleya guttata 'Alba' x Cattleya gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A portrait shot of this interesting hybrid Cattleya orchid.

Cattleya Orchid Hybrid C. guttata 'Alba' x C. gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'


Common Name: Cattleya Orchid Hybrid C. guttata 'Alba' x C. gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Species: Cattleya guttata 'Alba' x Cattleya gacelis 'Autumn Leaves'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A orchid flower with green and magenta-speckled petals and sepals, and a violet purple lip.

Hybrid Orchid (Epidendrum Cherry King x Epi. Blood Red King) x Epi. Hokulea


Common Name: Hybrid Epidendrum Orchid
Species: (Epidendrum Cherry King x Epidendrum Blood Red King) x Epidendrum Hokulea
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

An orchid cultivar with rich crimson red petals and sepals, and a yellow lip with red frilly margins.

Epidendrum Golden Valley 'Hildos' Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Orchid Cultivar Epi. Golden Valley 'Hildos'
Species: Epidendrum Golden Valley 'Hildos'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Inflorescence of orange orchid flowers with a lighter yellowish lip.

Cattleya Royal Beau Orchid Flower Lip


Common Name: Orchid Cultivar C. Royal Beau
Species: Cattleya Royal Beau
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A close-up of the beautiful lip pattern on the flower of this particular orchid cultivar, one of the more decorative I've seen.

Cattleya Orchid Royal Beau


Common Name: Orchid Cultivar C. Royal Beau
Species: Cattleya Royal Beau
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A lovely orchid with frilled soft apricot petals and sepals and a decorative yellow and violet coloured lip.

Hybrid Orchid Laleliocattleya Mini Purple 'Lea'


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Lc. Mini Purple 'Lea'
Species: Laleliocattleya Mini Purple 'Lea'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A small purple-flowered orchid cultivar with a deeper purple inner lip.

Unknown Purple Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Purple Orchid
Species: Unknown sp. (please comment if known)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This phto is of quite a pretty purple orchid flower with a lip as large as the other petals and lighter pink sepals.

Green Orchid Rhynchosophrocattleya Hawaiian Passion 'Kermie'


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Rsc. Hawaiian Passion 'Kermie'
Species: Rhynchosophrocattleya Hawaiian Passion 'Kermie'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The flower of this hybrid orchid cultivar exhibit an amazing contrast, the sepals and petals are bright green, while the lip is bright pink.

Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 'Southern Cross' Hybrid Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Slc. Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x C. Caudebec 'Southern Cross'
Species: Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 'Southern Cross'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

Another interesting orchid with brown-speckled, green-tinged yellow petals and sepals, and a white and violet lip.

Laleliocattleya Mari's Song 'Taka' Hybrid Orchid Cultivar


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Lc. Mari's Song 'Taka'
Species: Laleliocattleya Mari's Song 'Taka'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

A very elegant orchid indeed, it has flowers with pink sepals and a lip and petals with georgeous violet and white markings.

Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 4N


Common Name: Slc. Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x C. Caudebec 4N
Species: Sophrolaeliocattleya Jungle Gem 'Golden Eye Catcher' x Cattleya Caudebec 4N
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This interesting Slc. x C. orchid hybrid has a flower with magenta-speckled, green-tinged petals and sepals, and a white and pink lip.

Cattleya Brabantiae Orchid


Common Name: C. Brabantiae
Species: Cattleya Brabantiae
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This Cattleya orchid has flowers with magenta-speckled pink petals and sepals, and a white lip with a violet marking at the tip.

Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Rhyncattleanthe Momilani Rainbow 'The Gypsy'


Common Name: Rth. Momilani Rainbow 'The Gypsy'
Species: Rhyncattleanthe Momilani Rainbow 'The Gypsy'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The flowers of this orchid cultivar have pale pink sepals, and a lip and petals with yellow in the centre and white to violet markings around the margins. The colours are quite soft and pastel toned, very elegant.

Brassolaeliocattleya Toshie Aoki 'Robin' Orchid


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Blc. Toshie Aoki 'Robin'
Species: Brassolaeliocattleya Toshie Aoki 'Robin'
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This orchid cultivar has flowers with bright yellow petals and sepals with magnenta marking which sometimes blend with the yellow to an apricot colour and a deep magnenta lip.

Hybrid Orchid Cattleya Caudebec 4N x Sophrocattleya Batenanniana


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid C. Caudebec 4N x Sc. Batenanniana
Species: Cattleya Caudebec 4N x Sophrocattleya Batenanniana
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

The hybrid orchid cultivar has pink speckled sepals, gorgeous deep pink petals with white lateral margins and venation, and a magenta lip with white markings.

Laeliocattleya Tokya Magic x Potinara Little Toshie Orchid Hybrid


Common Name: Hybrid Orchid Cultivar Lc. Tokya Magic x Pot. Little Toshie
Species: Laeliocattleya Tokya Magic x Potinara Little Toshie
Family: ORCHIDACEAE

This hybrid orchid has flowers with yellow sepals and petals constrasted with a spectacular magneta lip.