Species Appreciation 20111015
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Selected Species from NMQOC Species Appreciation Group 15 th October 2011 Photos courtesy of Graham Corbin Orchid commentary courtesy of Margaret Lobley Ascocentrum ampullaceum Bifrenaria harrisoniae var . citrina Bifrenaria harrisoniae var . alba Lockhartia longifolia Peristeranthus hillii Dendrobium amethystoglossum Lycaste candida Hoffmannseggella longipes Dendrobium stricklandianum Cattleya luteola Hoffmannseggella reginae Hoffmannseggella milleri Hoffmannseggella sanguiloba Oncidium ensatum Oncidium aurarium Oncidium obryzatum Oncidium leleui Dendrobium fimbriatum var . occulatum Dendrobium hildebrandtii Oncidium maculatum Dendrobium atroviolaceum Dendrobium densiflorum Trichoglottis bipunctata Phalaenopsis mannii Maxillaria sanguinea Pomatocalpa spicatum Luisia recurva Phaius australis var . alba Phaius tankervilleae Arpophyllum giganteum Maxillaria variabilis Ascocentrum christensonianum Coelogyne cristata var . hololeuca • First discovered in Nepal in 1822 • Cool growing • Hangs high with free air movement with good moisture and a rest period in winter Masdevallia infracta • Widely distributed in southern Brazil • Several colour forms from purple, red purple to yellow, brown or white • Grown on wire wall of shade house in breeze way. Grows well in sphagnum moss. Likes to have roots cool with morning sun only. • Never cut off flower stem until obviously dead as it will put out several flowers from each stem Dendrobium smillieae • Mt Elliott to islands of Torres Strait & New Guinea • Grows in open lowland coastal habitats • Grows well in pot or trees of tropical & su btropical Qld. Needs to be kept moist year round. Kept in covered warm house for winter Eria javanica • Widely distributed from India to Asia, Indonesia & Philippines • Long racemes to 60cm, flowers from cream to white Restrepia trichoglossa • Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru • 300-2400 metres • Small to medium size species • Stems to 10cm, erect and leathery, often with purple underneath. Solitary flowers produced in succession in spring Restrepia antennifera • Ecuador, Colombia to Venezuela • 1500 to3500 metres • Medium to large size clump forming epiphytic species • Erect stems, leathery leaves often purple, flowers in spring Ansellia africana .