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Pages in category "Orchids of Vietnam" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acriopsis indica;
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.
Renanthera imschootiana, also known as Red Vanda is a species of orchid occurring from the eastern Himalaya to China (southeastern Yunnan) and Vietnam. [2] It is listed under Schedule VI of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 making it one of the plant species which is restricted from cultivation and planting and a special license is required to grow them.
Pages in category "Endemic orchids of Vietnam" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Corybas cerasinus, commonly known as the red helmet orchid, [2] is a species of terrestrial orchid endemic to tropical north Queensland.It has a single bluish green, heart-shaped leaf and a cherry red to dark maroon flower with its curved dorsal sepal obscuring its labellum which has an upturned tip.
The species epithet rubra comes from the Latin for red, referring to the colour of the flowers. The Latin binomial was chosen by a French botanist named Professor Louis Claude Marie Richard. "Helleborine" may refer to deer using the orchid for food (many conservationists have noted that helleborine orchids are grazed by deer [14] [15] [16]).
Bulbophyllum minutissimum, commonly known as the red bead orchid [2] or grain-of-wheat orchid, [3] is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with small, flattened, reddish or green pseudobulbs, scale-like leaves and small whitish to reddish flowers with broad dar red stripes.
Prosthechea cochleata is the national flower of Belize, where it is known as the black orchid. [53] Lycaste skinneri has a white variety (alba) that is the national flower of Guatemala, commonly known as Monja Blanca (White Nun). Panama's national flower is the Holy Ghost orchid (Peristeria elata), or 'the flor del Espiritu Santo'.