Selected Species from NMQOC

Species Appreciation Group

16th

February 2019

Photos courtesy of Graham Corbin

Orchid commentary courtesy of Eddie Boudette, Roger Finn, Len James,

Dendrobium bracteosum

Nageliella purpurea

S/W Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador

Grow in pine oak forests on rocky hills at altitudes up to 1500m

Grow in dappled light to bright indirect light. Likes cool to warm conditions and strong air

movement.

Water heavily while actively growing but reduce in autumn. Roots must dry rapidly after

watering. Can be grown in a pot or mounted.

Phalaenopsis pulchra

Island of Luzon in the

Philippines.

Grow at elevations of 100-

650m in shaded conditions

with good air movement.

Water all year round

ensuring plants are kept

moist but not allowed to

become stale or soggy.

Growing medium should

contain moisture retentive

additives.

Above: Dendrobium cerinum

Right: Vanda merrillii 'Compactum'

Dendrobium helix 'Talasea Lime'

Prosthechea fragrans

Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum 'LD'

Eastern Side of Cape York Peninsular from Daintree River to Cairns.

Lithophyte – on rocks and boulders, cliff faces, slopes, often exposed to full sun.

Short fat pseudobulbs up to 250mm with lilac-purple flowers. Usually flat.

Colour variants – white and blue. 1 named cultivar- Blue Moon.

Dendrobium lancifolium

Indonesia and New Guinea

Found in lowland areas up to 1900m as an epiphyte and lithophyte growing along

watercourses and other moist places.

Watering and fertilizing should be lessened in the winter months.

Phalaenopsis equestris

Philippines and Taiwan

Grows as an epiphyte at low altitudes in

humid forests.

Grown over a tray of coconut husk that is

kept wet. This species has been potted on

bark and perlite and fertilized with low

nitrogen

Encyclia alata

Native to Mexico to Costa Rica.

Grows in semi-deciduous forests from sea level to 1,000 m.

Grammatophyllum scriptum

Brassavola nodosa

Dendrochilum macranthum

Trichoglottis bipunctata

Myanmar, Thailand , Malasia

Grows in forest as an epiphyte at low altitudes characterised by seasonal climate –

receiving good summer rains and little during the winter. Avoids situations in direct

sunlight but requires good air and humidity.

Grown on fern tree slab high in the shade house under 50% shade. Watered copiously in

summer and less so in winter. Fertilized with low nitrogen. Needs protection from the

cold in winter

Aeranthes grandiflora

Cattleya bowringiana

'Purple King'

x f. coerulea

Guatemala and Belize.

Grows on rocky cliffs and

the sides of ravines close

to streams.

Like bright indirect light in

cool to warm conditions.

Water heavily until

autumn, then reduce.

Grow in open fast drying

medium.

Dendrochilum longifolium

Native to western Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the island of New Guinea and the

Philippines.

Is the most wide spread of the Dendrochilum species.

Grows mostly as an epiphyte and occasionally as a lithophyte at higher elevations.

Occurs to elevations of 2,200 m.

Broughtonia sanguinea f. aquinii

Dendrobium dearei