Tagged With: Old World
Orchid Species: Seidenfadenia mitrata
Species Description Seidenfadenia mitrata is a “very peculiar plant, with long whip-like terete, dark green leaves; the flowers are borne in dense erect spikes; sepals and petals pure waxy-white; lip rosy purple. An elegant and rare species from Moulmein. Synonyms Aerides mitratum Publications Classic Orchid Grower’s Manual “Curtis’s Botanical Magazine” vol. 94 (Ser. 3 no. … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Thrixspermum calceolus
Species Description Thrixspermum calceolus is a “free handsome-flowering species from India, producing long spikes of deep rosy pink and white blossoms; foliage light green, about eight inches long and nearly two inches wide. Altogether a very showy kind, of which there are several varieties; many of them produce long branching spikes, and make a fine … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Aerides falcata
Species Description Aerides falcata is a “…fine free-growing plant, with dark green leaves, ten inches long. The flowers are numerous, on a single spike, of a cream and light rose colour. It blooms in June, and lasts two weeks in perfection. This is a distinct plant, and was first flowered by Mr. Eyles, then gardener to … 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