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It is expected to fill 30 volumes when completed and will be the first work to treat all of the known flora north of Mexico; [1] in 2015 it was expected that the series would conclude in 2017. [2] Twenty-nine of the volumes have been published as of 2022. [3] Soon after publication, the contents are made available online. [4] [5] [1]
To bring Colombian flowers to an international audience, Piedrahita wrote a book titled "Entre Flores, Orquideas," which is available in English and Spanish and features photos of some of his most ...
Aspasia variegata. Aspasia variegata is a species of orchid widespread across much of northern South America as well as Trinidad and the Amazonian region. [3] [2] It also occurs at elevations from 200–1,300 metres (660–4,270 ft) in Bolivia.
Central America as defined by the WGSRPD. This category contains articles related to the flora of Central America. For the purposes of this category, "Central America" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) as a biogeographical region of Southern America, comprising: Belize; Costa Rica
[1] The park covers a large elevational range (300–3,450 m). The climate is generally humid with an annual rainfall of 3,000-4,000 mm, dropping to 2,500 mm at highest elevations, and ranges from tropical lowland to alpine.
The national flower of Colombia is the orchid Cattleya trianae which was named after the Colombian naturalist José Jerónimo Triana.The orchid was selected by botanist Emilio Robledo, in representation of the Colombian Academy of History to determine the most representative flowering plant of Colombia.
Bifrenaria, abbreviated Bif. in horticultural trade, is a genus of plants in family Orchidaceae.It contains 20 species found in Panama, Trinidad and South America.There are no known uses for them, but their abundant, and at first glance artificial, flowers, make them favorites of orchid growers.
Aspasia, abbreviated as Asp. in the horticultural trade, [1] is a genus of 7 species of orchids occurring from southern Mexico to southern Brazil. The genus is closely related to Miltonia and Brassia. Aspasia species have few medium size flowers of exquisite colors which are occasionally cultivated or used to produce artificial hybrids.