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Orchid Species: Aerides rosea
Species Description Aerides rosea is a “magnificent free-flowering Indian species, of which there are many varieties both in growth and flowers, and which is popularly known as the fox-brush Aerides; it grows from two to three feet high; some of the varieties have dark green foliage, while others are of a lighter shade; the leaves, which … Continue reading
Orchid Hybrid: Aerides × dominianum
Hybrid Description Aerides × dominianum is a “…garden hybrid, having flowers of the colour of those of Aerides fieldingii, with the markings and shape of Aerides affine. It is very rare at present. One of the most beautiful varieties which are enriching our collections as the result of hybridising. It is the produce of a … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Papilionanthe vandarum
Species Description Papilionanthe vandarum is “very rare and distinct-growing plant, in habit resembling Vanda teres, but not so strong; the flowers, which are produced in pairs from the axils of the leaves, are as large as those of Aerides crispa, white and pink in colour. This plant is called Aerides vandarumby Prof. Reichenbach, but it … Continue reading
Aerides crispa
Species Description Aerides crispa is a “truly beautiful free-growing kind from India, with purple-coloured stem, dark green foliage, ten inches long; the blossoms, which are abundant, are white, tipped with pink. Flowers in June or July, and lasts two or three weeks in good condition. The spikes of flowers are long and very distinct from any … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Aerides crassifolia
Species Description Benjamin Williams wrote that “Aerides crassifolia is one of the most beautiful species of this class; the growth is very compact, with light green foliage, leaves about eight inches long, produce sits long spikes of pink and white flowers in May and June, and continues in bloom for a very long time; it … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Aerides multiflora
Species Description Aerides multiflora is a “handsome free-flowering species from India, with light green foliage a foot long, and pink and white flowers, produced on long branching spikes in great profusion. Leaves about eight inches long, dark green, and covered with small spots. Flowers of a white and pink colour, resembling so many small shells, … Continue reading
Orchid Genus: Aerides
Benjamin Williams wrote of the orchid genus Aerides, “The species of Aerides are among the most beautiful of Orchids, many of them uniting every good quality that a plant can possess, viz., rich, evergreen, and regularly curved foliage; a graceful habit, flowers deliciously scented, and of peculiar elegance. Even when not in bloom the plants … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Ada aurantiaca
Ada aurantiaca Benjamin Williams wrote in the Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual,”But few plants of this most desirable Orchid have been imported, until quite recently; it is one of the most distinct in colour, and lasts long in beauty. It is a beautiful compact evergreen Orchid, growing from eight inches to a foot high; spike drooping; … Continue reading
Orchid Genus: Ada
Genus Overview Benjamin Williams wrote of Ada in the Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual, “This genus, as far as I am aware, contains but one species, and is evidently nearly allied to Brassia. It is an extremely showy and ornamental plant, as the colour is rare amongst Orchids; it should be grown with such plants as … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Gongora armeniaca
Species Description Gongora armeniaca is a very free-growing compact plant, attaining to about a foot in height; pseudobulbs somewhat oval, bearing on the top two broad light green leaves, and from the base producing a rather lax, many-flowered, pendulous raceme, a foot or more in length, supporting from twelve to twenty of its rich yellow flowers, slightly spotted with … Continue reading