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Bulbophyllum medusae, commonly known as the Medusa orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchid with a creeping rhizome and a single leaf about 100 mm (3.9 in) long emerging from the top of each pseudobulb. The flowers are creamy yellow and arranged in clusters of about fifteen arranged in a circle at the tip of the flowering stem.
These plants are bulbous geophytes with underground tubers or bulbs that annually produce new stems, leaves and flowers. The leaves are amplexicaul and vary from 4 to 7 per plant. The lower leaves are oblong-obovate with obtuse apex, while the upper leaves are lanceolate with acute apex. Size of leaves: width 1 to 2.5 cm, length 6 – 12 cm.
In botany, a pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic and homoblastic respectively. All leaves and inflorescences usually arise from
3. Encyclia Orchids. Upon first glance, this flower resembles an octopus thanks to its dangling petals and sepals. Besides their unique and aquatic-like appearance, their leaves are also statement ...
Dendrobium bigibbum, commonly known as the Cooktown orchid or mauve butterfly orchid, [3] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs , each with between three and five green or purplish leaves and arching flowering stems with up to twenty, usually lilac-purple flowers.
The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica, from the steamy jungles of Asia to the dry deserts of ...
The genus name (Bulbophyllum) is derived from the Greek bolbos meaning 'bulb' and phyllon, 'a leaf', referring to the pseudobulbs on top of which the leaf grows. [ 9 ] [ 6 ] In 2014, Alec Pridgeon and others proposed merging the genus Drymoda with Bulbophyllum in the Genera Orchidacearum and the change is accepted by Plants of the World Online ...
Dendrobium gracilicaule, commonly known as the blotched cane orchid or yellow cane orchid, [2] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs, between three and seven thin leaves and up to thirty often drooping, cream-coloured to yellow or greenish flowers, sometimes with reddish brown blotches on the back.