Dendrobium smilliae F. Muell

Sea level orchid at elevation under 600 meter, intermediate temperature and medium light. Growing on tree limbs, trunks, tree crooks where leaves have accumulated to form soil and on rocks in lowland open forests near the edge of rainforests. Blooms in the winter and spring on an erect, medium length to 5" [4 to 12.5 cm]

Section : Pedilonum

Ecological habit : Epiphytic

Flower Size : 1 1/2" to 2" [1.5 to 3 cm]

Color : white, pink, green

Distribution : Australia and Papua

Synonyms Callista ophioglossa (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Callista smilliae (F. Muell.) Kuntze 1891; Chromatotriccum pachyceras (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Coelandria smillieae [F. Meuller] Fitz. 1882; Dendrobium hollrungii Kranzlin 1889; Dendrobium hollrungii Kranzlin var australiense Rendle ?; Dendrobium kaernbachii Kranzlin 1894; Dendrobium ophioglossum Rchb.f 1876; Dendrobium pachyceras F. Mueller & Kranzlin 1894; Dendrobium secundum var. urvillei Finet 1903; Dendrobium smilliae var ophioglossum[Rchb.f]Bailey ?; Pedilonum hollrungii (Kraenzl.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum ophioglossum (Rchb. f.) Brieger 1981; Pedilonum pachyceras (F. Muell. & Kraenzl. ex Kraenzl.) Rauschert 1983; Pedilonum smillieae (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983

Phalaenopsis bellina

This species is a small sized, hot growing, pendant growing epiphyte from Borneo in shady, humid forests at elevations below 200 meters with pendulous, broad, rounded, light green leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a suberect or arcuate, 2 3/4" [7 cm] long, racemose or paniculate, few flowered inflorescence with a flattened, fractiflex rachis and small ovate bracts and has only 2 to 3, highly fragrant flowers open at a time. The inflorescence on older plants can rebloom year after year so do not cut off green viable inflorescence

Flower size : 4 - 6 cm

Synonyms Phalaenopsis bellina f. bowringiana (Rchb.f.) Christenson 1995; Phalaenopsis bellina f. murtoniana (Rchb.f.) Christenson 1995; Phalaenopsis bellina f. punctata (Rchb.f.) Christenson 1995; Phalaenopsis violacea var bellina Rchb.f 1884; Phalaenopsis violacea var chloracea Rchb.f 1884; Phalaenopsis violacea Borneo Variety; Phalaenopsis violacea var. bowringiana Rchb.f. 1884; Phalaenopsis violacea var. murtoniana Rchb.f. 1878; Phalaenopsis violacea var. punctata Rchb.f. 1884

More picture of Phalaenopsis bellina

Kingidium Decumbens

A mini Phalenopsis, found at all over East Asia, cool to hot grower with short stems carrying a few, obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, narrowed to a sessile base leaves and are soft when dry, that blooms on an axillary, erect, racemose, to 8" [20 cm] long, often branching, many flowered inflorescence with the flowers facing all directions occuring at any time and more than once a year if well grown.

Flower Size to about 3/4" [to about 1.5 cm]

Synonyms *Phalaenopsis hebe Rchb.f; Phalaenopsis bella Teijsm. & Binn; Phalaenopsis decumbens [Griff]Holtman; Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb.f; Kingidium deliciosum var. bellum (Teijsm. & Binn) O. Gruss & Roelke; Aerides latifolium Thwaites; Doritis steffensii Schltr.; Kingidium deliciosum Rchb.f;

Coelogyne celebensis

Species from Sulawesi Island, This coelogyne is large sized, low elevation, hot growing epiphyte, occaisional terrestrial in rainforests and can bloom at anytime.

Flower Size : 3" [7.5 cm]

Dendrobium sulawesiense

Species from Sulawese Islands, Large hot pink flowers open flat. Bright orange anther cap provides a nice contrast.Tolerant of intermediate to warm temperatures, the species prefers high humidity and medium light levels. Bright orange anther cap provides a nice contrast. Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater

Flower size : 3 cm

Synonyms Dendrobium crepidiferum

Phal. amboinensis yellow

On this morning Phal. amboinensis yellow blooming. This Phal is a small sized, hot growing, epiphytic species from Ambon Island, Sulawesi, Papua and New Guinea and Indonesia in low elevation, shady, humid forests with year round rainfall with to 4, elliptic to oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate leaves that blooms on a lateral, arching, 18" [45 cm] long, racemose or paniculate many flowered inflorescence with small bracts occuring in the late winter and early spring with longlasting flowers.

Flower size : 2 to 3 "

Synonyms Phalaenopsis hombronii Finet 1912; Phalaenopsis psilantha Schltr. 1911; Polychilos amboinensis (J.J. Sm.) Shim 1982