Friday, January 25, 2008

Goblin Orchid / Dendrobium spectabile



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Golblin Orchid ... Dendrobium spectabile ..
Native to New Gunie, Solomon Islands ...

Shot in the "Orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008.

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Shot in the "Orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008.

Cochleanthes amazonica




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Cochleanthes amazonica ...
The genus Cochleanthes consists of about fifteen species of orchids..
These are native to South America ...

Shot in the "Orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008.

Paphiopedilum




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Shot in the "Orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008

Paphiopedilum



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Shot in the "orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008.

Paphiopedilum





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Shot in the "orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Paphiopedilum



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Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in January, 2008

Bamboo Orchid




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Bamboo Orchid ... Arundina graminifolia ...

Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in January, 2008

Foxtail Orchid



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Foxtail orchid ... Rhynchostylis gigantea ..
Native to Burma, Indonesia, China, Malaya, Bornea, Philippines ...

Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in January, 2008

Doritaenopsis



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Doritaenopsis ... Doritanopisi hybrid ... Doritis X Phalaenopsis ..

Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in January, 2008

Jewel Orchid






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Jeweled Orchid ... Jeweled Ludisia ... Haemaria discolor ..

Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in January, 2008 ..

Jewel orchids are mostly grown for their spectacular foliage. Most species of jewel orchids produce insignificant flowers but a few, such as Ludisia discolor, produce spikes of small but attractive white and yellow flowers and these are also pleasantly fragrant.

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Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in January, 2008

Jack Spaniard




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Jack Spaniard ... Five Lined Gongora ... Gongora maculata ..

Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in January, 2007

Dendobrium




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Shot in the "Orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008

Rock Orchid






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Shot in the "orchid House" in Lincoln Park Conservatory in Jan, 2008.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Acacia / Mimosa






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Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in Jan, 2008 ...

I've written earlier that the "Orchid House", not only has a rich collection of orchids but also beautiful bromeliads and some tropical plants/trees like Acacia, Nepethenes [Pitcher plants] ... and even a few cactus varities ...

Bullhorm Acacia



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Shot in the "Orchid House" at Lincoln Park Conservatory ... in Jan, 2008 ...

I've written earlier that the "Orchid House", not only has a rich collection of orchids but also beautiful bromeliads and some tropical plants/trees like Acacia, Nepethenes [Pitcher plants] ... and even a few cactus varities ...

Bullhorn Acacia .... Acacia cornigera [family: Fabaceae], is a swollen-thorn acacia native to Mexico and Central America. The common name of "bullhorn" refers to the large, enlarged, hollowed-out swollen thorns that occur in pairs at the base of leaves, and resemble the horns of a steer. In Yucatan area, [where the bullhorn acacia thrives] it is called "subĂ­n". The thorns are technically called stipular spines ...