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Calypso is a genus of orchids containing one species, Calypso bulbosa, known as the calypso orchid, fairy slipper or Venus's slipper. It is a perennial member of the orchid family found in undisturbed northern and montane forests .
This is the largest-flowered orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm tall [5] with flowers as wide as 9 cm. [6] Before it flowers, it is distinguished from other orchids by the large size and width of its ovate leaves (as big as 18 cm long, 9 cm wide), [5] which like other orchids exhibit parallel venation.
Calypsoinae is an orchid subtribe in the tribe Epidendreae of subfamily Epidendroideae. It has previously been recognized as tribe Calypsoeae in the subfamily Epidendroideae. [ 1 ]
It is similar to other orchids in the Dactylorhiza maculata group. D. maculata ssp. maculata is distinguished by having the lip less deeply trilobed, while D. maculata subsp. saccifera has one spur large and saccular (sac-shaped) and the bracts of the inflorescence as long as or longer than the flowers.
The number of individuals found in its natural habitat continues to decrease [1] due to the illegal poaching of Paphiopedilum rothschildianum for regional and international trade, [1] which has continued despite the plants occurring in a protected area. [1] The orchid is highly sought after, with prices reaching as high as US$5000 for a single ...
The Orchid Review was founded by Robert Allen Rolfe who single-handedly produced and edited 28 volumes. [2] The first monthly issue appeared on 1 January 1893. Rolfe worked in the orchid herbarium at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [3] but there was no mention in the periodical of his position there and his name never appeared on the title page.
Phalaenopsis (/ ˌ f æ l ɪ ˈ n ɒ p s ɪ s /), also known as moth orchids, [2] is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae.Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end.
Eulophia alta is a species of orchid, known as the wild coco. It is widespread across tropical and subtropical parts of Africa , South America , Central America , Mexico and the West Indies , as well as the southeastern United States (states of Georgia and Florida ).
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