Micropera pallida (Roxb. Lindl. 1833)

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Micropera

Originally named Aerides pallidum by Scottish botanist William Roxburgh, Micropera pallida was renamed eleven years later by british botanist Sir John Lindey. It is an epiphytic orchid species that is found in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, Cambodia and Indonesia. It requires high humidity in order to grow  to its average length of 2-3 feet and high light situations in order to flower. It flowers from August to September with flowers reaching a size of about 1.2 cm.                   

http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=683508

http://www.orchids-flowers.com/orchids/micropera-pallida-roxb-lindl-1833/

http://www.orchidspecies.com/micropallida.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=XxplAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=micropera+pallida+average+plant+size&source=bl&ots=hqtQinZMWy&sig=UOHQyME-BKU2AbpF_F-FAMwauBs&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

Stereochilus dalatensis

http://www.ruthsorchids.com/speciespage4a.html

Stereochilus dalatensis (Guillaumin) Garay is one of 7 valid species in genus Stereochilus and belongs to the family Orchidaceae.  It’s flowers grow to be about .75cm and bloom in spring.  Their flowers are usually fragrant and a pale pink color.  The floral arrangement is inflorescence, meaning the flowers grow in clusters on a main branch or an arrangement of branches. (The specific arrangement of the flowers may depend on the species of plant.)  These plants are  entomophilous, a form of pollination performed by insects.  This orchid is an epiphyte and it will grow to approximately 10cm.  It is found Vietnam and China in cool to warm climates.

Stereochilus dalatensus grown at AASU by Dr. David Jarrell

http://orchidspecies.com/streodatalensis.htm

http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/107/3/327.full.pdf

http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Orchidaceae/Stereochilus/

http://www.britannica.com/

*Edited Noveber 30th

Pomatocalpa wendlandorum

Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Pomatocalpa
Tribe: Vandcae
Flower size: 1/4″

This is a photo of Pomatocalpa spicata Breda. This leaf shows the reddish-brown coloring that is present in many of these particular orchid.

Pomatocalpa wendlandorum (Rchb. f.) J.J. Sm. 1912: This orchid blooms in the spring and is found in the Thailand, Himalayas, Myanadar and the Andaman Islands. Its 13 cm long leaves bloom on a lateral to arcuate line. A lateral to arcuate line is a curved, bow-like line that runs laterally across the leaf of the orchid. Pomatocalpa wendlandorum is a synonym for Pomatocalpa spicata Breda, which are usually yellow with reddish-brown blotches as shown in the photo on the right.

Pomatocalpa wendlandorum: taken in AASU's greenhouse

References

http://www.tropicos.org/NamePage.aspx?nameid=50022182

http://www.orchidspecies.com/pomwendlandoriae.htm

http://en.bestpicturesof.com/pomatocalpa

http://culturesheet.org/orchidaceae:pomatocalpa:wendlandorum

http://www.thaiguidetothailand.com/flora-and-fauna/pomatocalpa-spicata-breda-thai-orchid/

Eurychone rothschildiana

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Genus: Eurychone
Species: Echn. rothschildiana

Eurychone rothschildiana O’Brien is a species native to the evergreen forests of central Africa. Typically, it grows in elevations of 1100 to 1200 meters where temperatures are intermediate to warm. Leaves are large, oval, wavy, and stiff while the flowers are green with broad curved lips that are blackish-green on the inside with white edges. In the fall E. rothschildiana will bloom with one to six flowers about six centimeters wide. These flowers have a cinnamon fragrance the morning after they have been opened for a few days. They may be grown in similar manner to a phalaenopsis.

Plant Used for DNA Extraction

Eurychone rothschildiana's Range

Flower - E. rothschildiana

References:

http://www.orchidweb.com/orchidofweek.aspx?id=59
http://orchids.wikia.com/wiki/Eurychone_rothschildiana

Updated Last 10/20/11

Cleisostoma teres

Cleisostoma teres, or C. simondii, is found throughout Asia, ranging from the Eastern Himalayas to Southern China and Southeast Asia. It grows in tropical and subtropical rainforests at elevations from 100 to 1000 meters. It is a monopodial epiphyte (grows on another plant) with a stem that can grow to be 12 inches long. The fleshy leaves are about 2-3 inches long and are tubular/cylindrical. The inflorescence (cluster/group of flowers on a stem) blooms with approximately 15 flowers that are around 1.5cm in diameter. Yellow/brown tepals with dark stripes and a spur-like projection at the base of a purple lip form the flashy flower that blooms in October/November.

http://orchidspecies.com/cleissimondii.htm

Extraction Specimen

References

http://orchidspecies.com/cleissimondii.htm

http://www.orchids.co.in/orchid-plant/cleisostoma-simondii.shtm

Papilionanthe vandarum (Rchb.f.) Garay

Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Papilionanthe

Papilionanthe vandarum are a very rare and unique members of the subtribe Aeridinae. They are native to Assam, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar and southern China at elevations of 1200 to 1750 meters.

P. vandarum grow best in cool to warm temperatures in areas with high humidity and lots of sunlight. These plants are large in size, forming masses of branched, hanging, flexous stems. The leaves are long-pointed with longitudinaly grooved leaf bases.  One to four flowers bloom in the spring from the axils of these leaves, often in pairs. They are naturally white in color with a purple base. Flower sizes range between 3.8 to 5 cm. The flower stalks are pink. One to four flowers bloom in the spring, often in pairs.

Papilionanthe vandarum translation: Vanda-Like Papilionanthe, Aerides vandarum

http://www.theorchidologist.com/blog/archives/99

P. vandarum lab specimen

http://orchids.wikia.com/wiki/Papilionanthe_vandarum
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242413940
http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Vanda-Like%20Papilionanthe.html

Robiquetia merrillii

      Robiquetia merrillii (Ames) Ames 1922 is also known as Robiquetia cerina (Rchb. f.) Garay 1972, Malleola merrillii (Ames), and Saccolabium cerinum  (Rchb. f. 1888). R. merrillii is a monocot in the Orchidaceae family and is a part of the subtribe Aeridinae. R. merrillii grows mainly in New Guinea and the Philippines and is an epiphytic species that grows on tree trunks at an altitude of 350 meters or above.

     R. merrillii exhibits monopodial growth and a flowering pattern that resembles a cluster of grapes. The flowers bloom in succession from top to bottom and are a scant 3 mm wide but are very densely clustered.  The flowers stay in bloom from 2-5 weeks and grow well in hanging baskets with moderate to bright sunlight.

Robiquetia merrillii in bloom

 

 

R. merrillii grown in lab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/node/2540

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robiquetia_cerina

http://sonic.net/orchids/rpage.htm

http://www.orchid.url.tw/myflowers/others/robiquetiamerrillii.htm