Selected Species from NMQOC Species Appreciation Group 21 May 2016 Photographs courtesy of Jon Cara Orchid commentary courtesy of Chris Dennis (from Jay Pfahl’s Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia) and Roger Finn Bulbophyllum maxillare Common Name – The Chinbone Bulbophyllum – In Australia The Red Horntail Orchid Flower Size – 1 to 2½" [2.5 to 6 cm] Found in peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Australia as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte on tree trunks at elevations of sea level to 800 meters in stunted woodlands and has tapered, unifoliate pseudobulbs with an ovate to elliptic, leathery leaf and blooms on an erect, single flowered, 6" [15 cm] long inflorescence that holds the leaf just below or at leaf height. CAUTION – This species, B. blumei and B. masdevalliaceum have all been as separate species by most authors, Verm, O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 have put them all together and I agree as there are so few differences that need major magnification even to be aware of. Cestichis latifolia Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Liparis latifolia Cattleya maxima Ecuador and northern Peru epiphyte and lithophyte – dry coastal forests culture – warm conditions, water twice weekly in summer, once a week in winter, fertilize three weeks with high nitrogen, one week low nitrogen, good air movement, under 50% shade Dockrillia cucumerina Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Dendrobium cucumerinum south east Queensland to central eastern New South Wales – Bunya Mountains to Blue Mountains commonly found on western slopes of Great Dividing Range on Casuarina cunninghamii which line water courses. Prefers humid airy habitats which don’t have full sun grown on cork or Callistemon in shady location in bush house. Watered daily in summer and sparingly in winter, fertilized with low nitrogen in warmer months Dockrillia rigida Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Dendrobium rigidum Cape York to Russel River. Also Papua New Guinea epiphyte variety of humid habitats – mangroves, coastal rainforests, paperbark swamps, along streams grows on a range of trees but each species must have rough bark cultivation – on slab/bark, good air, watered copiously in summer, much less in winter, fertilized with low nitrogen weekly in summer, nil in winter, under 50% shade Dockrillia hepatica Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Dendrobium erythraeum Papua New Guinea Morobi Province on the ridge tops where there is good air and plenty of passing clouds grown in a small mesh basket, watered daily in summer and twice weekly in winter, low nitrogen fertilizer Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi found from India to Java and Borneo grows as an epiphyte or occasionally as a lithophyte at low to moderate altitudes in humid forests where there is bright light grown over a tray of coconut husk that is kept wet, potted in sphagnum moss, fertilized with low nitrogen Epidendrum coriifolium Coelogyne speciosa Dendrobium lancifolium Eria hyacinthoides Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Bryobium hyacinthoides Acampe rigida Anoectochilus formosanus Neolehmannia porpax Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Epidendrum porpax Dendrobium oligophyllum Liparis grossa Zootrophion oblongifolium Acronia matudana Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Pleurothallis matudana Maxillaria gentryi Vappodes phalaenopsis Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a homotypic synonym of Dendrobium phalaenopsis Mormolyca hedwigiae Coelogyne speciosa Calanthe vestita The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families currently considers Calanthe vestita var. rubra-oculta to be a synonym of Calanthe vestita Bulbophyllum longissimum Oncidium maculatum Dendrochilum convallariiforme Bulbophyllum baileyi Common Name - Bailey's Bulbophyllum - In Australia Fruit Fly Orchid Endemic to northeastern Queensland Australia as well as New Guinea in rainforest at altitudes of 5 to 1 000 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing unifoliate epiphyte or occasional lithophyte with a coarsely bracted rhizome giving rise to widely spaced, curved, yellowish, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, thick, fleshy, pale green to yellowish green leaf that blooms mainly in the spring through summer on a 4" [10 cm] long, single flowered scape carrying a non-resupinate flower. The perfume is a rather interesting mixture of being sweet and somewhat pungent all at the same time. It produces non-resupinate flowers and blooms mostly in the spring and summer. Prosthechea boothiana Flower Size – ¾" [2 cm] Common Name - Booth's Prosthechea (English Gardener 1800's] - The Dollar Orchid Found in Florida, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Caymans, Mexico, Guatemala and Belize in dry scrub forest and tropical deciduous forests as a miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte found from sea level to 1 500 meters in elevation with suborbicular, compressed, lustrous yellow green pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 3 apical, oblanceolate, acute to obtuse, rigid leaves that are always pulled to one side that blooms in the summer, fall and winter on an apical, 2 to 10" (5 to 25 cm] long, simple inflorescence arising from a newly formed pseudobulb that is longer than the leaves and has 1 to 5, long- lived, waxy flowers. This species is commonly called the dollar orchid for the shape of it's pseudobulbs. Bulbophyllum lasiochilum Common Name - The Shaggy Lipped Bulbophyllum Flower Size – ½" × 1¼" [1.2 cm × 3.1 cm] Found in India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia in moist montane forests and seasonally dry forests as a mini- miniature to miniature sized, warm to cool growing species with cylindro- ovate pseudobulbs with a single, apical, oblong-obovate leaf that blooms in the fall with solitary flowers, or a few in umbels on shorter, slender inflorescence that arises from a mature pseudobulb and has the fragrant flower scented of strawberries held just below or above the leaves. Bulbophyllum lilacinum Common Name - The Lilac Bulbophyllum [refers to the colour] Flower Size - ¼" [6 mm] Found in northern Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 5" between each narrowly ovoid, slightly 4-angled, smooth pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, fleshy, oblong, apically shortly blunt-pointed leaf with the base narrowing to a short petiole that blooms in the fall on a 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long inflorescence enveloped by a few large sheaths and the drooping, densely many flowered rhachis is 6" [15 cm] long and has flowers that do not open widely. This orchid needs a tree fern mount, partial shade, high humidity and regular water and fertilizer. Angraecum leonis Labelled as Angraecum leonis var. comoro Common Name or Meaning - Leon's Angraecum [Leon Humblot - French Orchid Collector in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands 1800's] Flower Size - 3" long 2 to 3" in diameter [7.5 × 5 to 7.5 cm] Found in the Comoros Islands as a medium sized, hot to cool growing fan- shaped epiphyte at an altitude of 200 to 1 200 meters on the island of Madagascar with a short, stout stem carrying 4 to 5, distichous, narrowly ensiform, spreading, falcate, flattened, fleshy- coriaceous leaves that blooms in the winter on 1 to 2, axillary, erect or suberect, stout, bracteate, shorter inflorescence arising from the second or third leaf base, with 1 to 7, fragrant, long-lasting flowers Encyclia dichroma Epidendrum ciliare Laelia anceps Liparis viridiflora Dendrobium atroviolaceum Pleurothallis stricta Cattleya jenmanii Bulbophyllum longissimum .