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Dendrobium kingianum, commonly known as the pink rock orchid, [3] is a flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia.It usually grows on rocks, rarely as an epiphyte, and has thin, spreading leaves and spikes of up to fifteen, usually pink flowers in late winter to spring.
Dendrobium speciosum var. capricornicum Clemesha – Capricorn rock orchid; Dendrobium speciosum var. carnarvonense Peter B.Adams – gorge pink rock orchid; Dendrobium speciosum var. curvicaule F.M.Bailey – rainforest rock orchid; Dendrobium speciosum var. grandiflorum F.M.Bailey – golden king orchid; Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii Mast ...
Dendrobium speciosum var. curvicaule F.M.Bailey [12] – commonly known as the rainforest rock orchid, which is an epiphyte or lithophyte growing in or near rainforest and has between 25 and 45 white or cream-coloured flowers from July to September and grows between Mossman and Paluma in Queensland; [2]: 410
Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific.
The new plant then repeats this cycle. Its inflorescence is erect, with blooms forming along the length of the flowering stem. It has strap-shaped, persistent leaves and blooms mostly in winter and spring, producing short, 2 to 4-flowered racemes. The flowers are fragrant, waxy, and highly variable in color, ranging from white to pink and purple.
Cistus creticus (pink rock-rose, hoary rock-rose) is a species of shrubby plant in the family Cistaceae. Though it usually has pink flowers, of 4.5–5 cm diameter, this species is very variable. It is widely known as a decorative plant. It is frequently called "Cistus incanus". (The true Cistus × incanus is the hybrid C. albidus × C. crispus ...
Androsace, commonly known as rock jasmine, [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, second only to Primula in the number of species. [3] It is predominantly Arctic–alpine, with many species in the Himalayas (where the genus originated), the mountains of central Asia, the Caucasus, and the southern and central European mountain systems, particularly the Alps and the Pyrenees.
Androsace laggeri (syn. Androsace carnea), the pink rock jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the central Pyrenees. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As Androsace carnea subsp. laggeri it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit .