Botany Report

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Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: Phalaeonopsis

Specific epithet: amabilis

Scientific name: Phalaeonopsis amabilis

Common names: Butterfly orchid, Mariposa

Description:

Phalaeonopsis amabilis, commonly known

as Butterfly orchid, is an epiphytic plant with

short stem and pendant leaves around 50 cm

long. The long, branched inflorescence is

upright and can grow up to1 m long. The

white flowers are almost round, 90 mm in

diameter. The lip is three-lobed, with cross-like front-lobed,with thread-like

appendages.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: DendrobiumSpecific epithet: anosmum

Scientific name: Dendrobium anosmum

Common name: Sanggumay

Description:

Denrobium anosmum is one of the orchid species

with a powerful fragrance. This type of orchid can

be found in the lowland forests including the

Philippines. It requires moderate temperature and

average amount of sunlight. Plants must be kept

moist and fertilize during growth season. Its

lavander flowers contain two burgundy spots on

either side of the lip towards the inner base.

Flowers can develop up to 5 to10 cm wide. The

long, slender pseudobulbs reach up to 3 meters in

length.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: Aerides

Specific epithet: odoratumScientific name: Aerides odoratum

Common name: Rice orchid

Description:

Aerides Odoratum, commonly known as Rice

orchid, has fragrant dark pink flowers that

blooms from June to July. It can produce up to

thirty 4.4 cm wide flowers that are arranged in

racemes form. Rice orchid is an evergreen plant

with simple leaves. They are dark green and

linear with entire margins. Aerides odoratum

requires bright sunlight and moderate

temperature to grow. It is best grown hanged in

baskets. This orchid must be developed in a well-

drained media such as tree fern fibers.



Order: Asparagales

Family:Orchidaceae

Subfamily: Epidendroideae

Genus: Dendrobium

Specific epithet: deari

Scientific name: Dendrobium dearei

Common Name: Sanggumay

Description:

Within the genus Dendrobium, white

flowers are not a very common occurrence;

therefore, they are among the feature that

make D. dearei a valuable species and not

only for cultivators. The plant is very bulky,

its pseudobulbs reach up to 32 in /80 cm insize. They are thickly covered with leathery,

durable foliage. The flowers measure 2.8

in/7 cm in diameter and are snow-white with

a greenish gullet; they are arranged in a

sparse raceme. This species is one of the

indeciduous Dendrobium orchids, and

therefore has a great demand for moisture

and warmth throughout the year. D. dearei

usually blooms between May and June. It

comes from Philippines.

The canes of this species hold its

leaves for two or three seasons. The shortinflorescence carries up to five 3.5 inch

flowers which are pure white with a lime-

green throat.. They require water all year

round, although this should be reduced

slightly during the colder months. This

species is suited to pot culture.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: Arundina

Specific epithet: graminifolia

Scientific name: Arundina graminifolia

Common name: Bamboo Orchid

Description:

Arundina graminifolia is a terrestrial

multiperennial orchid with reedy stems, forming

large clumps growing to a height of 70 cm to 2 m.

This orchid blooms in summer and autumn,showing rather open clusters of showy terminal

flowers, ten at the most. They bloom in succession

on the terminal racemes, which are 7 to 16 cm

long. These flowers, 5 ± 8 cm in diameter, are a

rosy lilac and white disk with a purple lip. The

bracts are wide triangular and surround the main

stalk of the flower cluster. The occasionalfertilized seed pods contain minute powdery seeds,

and small plants often develop near the cane ends

after flowering, and likely aid in propagation if

allowed to reach the soil.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: Laelia

Specific epithet: harpophylla

Scientific name: Laelia harpophylla

Common name: Cattleya

Description:A medium sized, Brazilian epiphyte at elevationsof 500 to 900 meters in shady humid habitats and

has a clustered, very thin terete pseudobulb

carrying a solitary, sickle or sword shaped leaf and

an erect, terminal, 6 inches long, several flowered,

clustered at the top, racemose inflorescence

subtended by a small sheath that is shorter than the

leaves occurring in the fall in Brazil and late

winter and spring in northern climes and growing

cool but not cold, little to no dormancy and less

light and more water than other rupicolous Laelia.

This species is easily separated by its epiphytic

habit. Its elongate, slender stems and its short

inflorescence that hardly equals the leaf in length

as well as blooming in the late winter and spring.



Order: Asparagales

Family:Orchidaceae


Genus: Renanthera

Specific epithet: storiei

Scientific name: Renanthera storiei

Common name: Fire orchid

Description:

The Renanthera, popularly known as the Fire

Orchid, is a beautiful and highly collectable

plant. It has intensely red flowers, hence its

name. It is also used as a parent plant in breeding

today¶s bright red conventional and inter-generic

vandaceous orchid hybrids. It is used as an accent

in garden shows and flower arrangements. Some

of these plants can grow very tall so they requirestakes to support their long stems



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae


Genus: M axillaria

Specific epithet: tenuifolia

Common name: Coconut Orchid

Descrption:

M axillaria tenuifolia is a long time favorite

because of its strong coconut scent, it smells

just like a Pina Coloda.

The coconut orchid is an easy to grow orchid

that smells like fresh coconuts.

Care is simple - keep it moist & high light

like Cattleya. It can take a wide range of

light and will take bright light up to about

5000 foot candles. It likes to stay moist andwill tolerate large amounts of water on its

roots. Not much more except to enjoy the

scent in March - April when they bloom.

General good culture like any other orchid is

desirable. Good air circulation - fertilize

regularly



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae


Genus: Rossioglossum

Specific epithet: grande

Scientific name: Rossioglossum grande

Common name: Tiger orchid

Description:

The Tiger Orchid, Rossioglossum

grande (previously Odontoglossum grande),

is an epiphytic species of orchid native to

the area from Mexico to Honduras. "Tiger

Orchid" is the common name however it

may also share it with other species of

orchids. The plant may grow four to eight

flowers, each may reach up to 13 inches indiameter. The flowers are a glossy bright

golden yellow with brown barring. Larger

pedals are yellow with the lower half red-

brown. The lip is white and sometimes

flecked with red-brown. The pseudobulbs

carry a gray-green color to them, and grow

from 4 to 10 cm, each with two leaves. It

prefers hot, wet summers and cool, dry

winters. It mainly flowers in the winter.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Subfamily: Cypripedioideae

Genus: Paphiopedilum

Scientific name: Paphiopedilum sp.

Common name: Slipper orchids

Description:

Paphiopedilum species naturally occur among

humus layers as terrestrials on the forest floor,

while a few are true epiphytes and some are

lithophytes. These sympodial orchids lack

pseudobulbs. Instead, they grow robust shoots,

each with several leaves; some are

hemicryptophytes. The leaves can be short and

rounded or long and narrow, and typically have a

mottled pattern. When older shoots die, newer ones take over. Each new shoot only blooms

once when it is fully grown, producing a raceme

between the fleshy, succulent leaves. The roots

are thick and fleshy. Potted plants form a tight

lump of roots that, when untangled, can be up to

1 m long.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae


Genus: V anda

Specific epithet: hookerana

Scientific name: V anda hookerana

Common Name: Miss joaquim

Description:

These mostly epiphytic, but

sometimes lithophytic or terrestrial orchids are

distributed inIndia, Himalaya,SE Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New

Guinea, southern China and northern Australia.

The genus has a monopodial growth habit with

leaves that are highly variable accordingtohabitat. Some have flat, typically broad, ovoid

leaves (strap-leaves), while others havecylindrical (terete), fleshy leaves and are

adapted to dry periods. The stems of these

orchids vary considerably in size; there are

miniature plants and plants with a length of

several meters.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: Oncidium

Scientific name: Oncidium sp.

Common name: Dancing ladies

Description:

Oncidium species are characterised by the

following properties: presence of column

wings, presence of a complicated callus on

the lip (this can be used to separate the taxa),

pseudobulbs with one to three leaves and

several basal bracts at the base of the

pseudobulbs.

The flowers of the Oncidium genus come in

shades of yellow, red, white and pink. The petals are often ruffled on the edges, as is the

lip. The lip is enormous, partially blocking the

small petals and sepals.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: C ymbidium

Specific epithet: coccinea

Scientific name: C ymbidium coccinea

Common name: Cymbidium

Description:

C ymbidium plants are sympodial and grow to a

height of 60 cm and the racemes as high as 90 cm.

The raceme grows from the base of the most recent

pseudobulb. Each flower can have a diameter of 5 to

10 cm, according to the species. They bloom during

the winter, and each plant can have up to fifteen or

more flowers. The fantastic range of colors for this

genus include white, green, yellowish-green, cream,

yellow, brown, pink, and red [and orange] (andthere may be markings of other color shades at the

same time), but not blue and black. The flowers last

about ten weeks. They have a waxy texture. The

rounded sepals and petals have about the same

dimensions. They show very diverse color patterns,

different for every species.



Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: C aladenia

Scientific name: C aladenia sp.

Common name: Spider orchid

Description:

The species are small to medium-sized terrestrial

orchids. A single, hairy, lanceolate to oblong,

basal leaf arises through sympodial growth from

underground tubers. The inflorescence is a panicle

or raceme with 1 to 8 flowers, showing a fringed

or dentate margin. These species have a complex

interaction with pollinators, resulting in

pseudocopulation.

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