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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: 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
Orchid Species: Acineta superba
Species Description Acineta superba is a strong-growing species from La Guayra. Flowers in the same way as Acineta barkeri, but about a month earlier; the long spikes of flowers are of a deep chocolate colour, spotted with crimson. It lasts only a short time in perfection. Synonyms Acineta humboldtii Publications Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual Edwards’s … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Acineta densa
Species Description Acineta densa is a “beautiful and distinct species, also from Mexico, with yellow and crimson flowers, which are produced on pendulous spikes from the base of the bulbs, and which will last a long time in perfection.” (Source: Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual by B.S. Williams.”
Orchid Species: Acineta barkeri
Species Description A curious Orchid from Mexico, producing from the bottom of the pseudobulbs spikes about a foot in length, bearing rich yellow flowers, which will last a long time in perfection. It blooms during the summer months. Publications “Curtis’s Botanical Magazine” 72 (Ser. 3 no. 2) pl. 4203. Originally published as Peristeria barkeri. Synonyms Peristeria barkeri
Orchid Species Genus: Acineta
Genus Overview This genus comprises several species; the most attractive kinds are, however, here specified. They should all be grown in baskets, as they produce their flower spikes from the base of the pseudobulbs, and they invariably take a downward direction. The species are all evergreen, with short pseudobulbs, and leaves about a foot high; … Continue reading