Selected Species from NMQOC Species Appreciation Group 17 June 2017 Photographs courtesy of Jon Cara and Graham Corbin Orchid commentary courtesy of Nev Bone, Roger Finn, Jenny Gall, Len James and Bob Meagher Dendrobium ionopus Epigeneium amplum Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Dendrobium amplum epiphyte or lithophyte from 500 to 2 100 m altitude native to China, Assam (India), eastern Himalayas. Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand grows in dappled shade in semi-deciduous and evergreen forest trees or on mossy limestone rocks this small sized, warm to cold growing, orchid which blooms with strong fragrant, heavy textured, long-lasting flowers occurring in the autumn and winter
Liparis viridiflora epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial from 300 to 2 500 m altitude native to Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, lower India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea and Taiwan grows hot to warm in broadleaf, evergreen, lowland forests on highly eroded, stratified, limestone cliffs and bluffs blooms in autumn on an 25 cm long, slender, densely many flowered, racemose inflorescence with small bracts and very small, crowded, flowers Maxillariella mexicana (dark red) Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Maxillaria henchmannii epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial native to Mexico in the state of Michoacán growing in open to dense humid forests as a medium sized, warm to cold growing, orchid generally in medium to low light that blooms in the late autumn through earlier winter Maxillaria proboscidea Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Nitidobulbon proboscideum epiphyte from around 1 500 m altitude native to Venezuela grows in lowland forests as a small to medium sized, warm growing, orchid that blooms in the spring
Malleola baliensis Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Malleola aberrans epiphyte from 1 200 m altitude native to Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi and the Philippines grows in deep forests, riverine forests and in fairly open areas as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing, orchid that blooms in the autumn the flowered inflorescence carries, close set, simultaneously opening flowers Brassia incantans epiphyte from 400 to 1 400 m altitude native to Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia grows in very wet, montane, cloud forests as a small sized, hot to cool growing, orchid that blooms in the late winter and spring in nature
Pleurothallis aphthosa Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Acianthera aphthosa Dendrochilum convallariiforme var. convallariiforme epiphyte from 300 to 1 900 m altitude endemic to the Philippines were it grows in the moist rain forest Dendrochilum convallariiforme var. bicallosum I (David James) cannot find any reference to Dendrochilum convallariiforme var. bicallosum however I can find references to Dendrochilum bicallosum Ames (1908) which is currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Dendrochilum convallariiforme var. convallariiforme and Dendrochilum bicallosum J.J.Sm (1909) which is currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Dendrochilum kingii var. kingii. epiphyte from 300 to 1 900 m altitude endemic to the Philippines growing in mossy forests on the trunks and branches in filtered light situations
Dendrochilum javieri The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families does not currently include Dendrochilum javieri however it does include Dendrochilum javieriense The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopaedia indicates that Jim Cootes states that this species was actually described for Mr Elias Javier a personal friend of the authors and should be Dendrochilum javieri epiphyte above 1200m native to the Philippines grows in mossy cloud forests under bright light conditions as a small sized, cool growing, orchid that blooms in the winter. Epigeneium triflorum var. orientale Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Dendrobium elongatum var. orientale epiphyte from 1 000 to 1 800 m altitude native to Java in the eastern mountains grows in large clumps on branches of large trees as a small sized, warm to cool, growing orchid that needs bright light to bloom which occurs in the winter to early spring flowers are a beautiful creamy white and long-lasting
Oncidium maculatum epiphyte from 1 100 to 2 000 m altitude native to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras grows in lower altitude wet montane forests as a medium sized, cool growing, orchid on the forest trees blooms in the winter through early summer with long lasting, glossy, fragrant flowers Dendrobium mutabile epiphyte from up to 700 m altitude native to India, the Ryukyu Islands, Sumatra and Java grows on the outer branches in open forests as a small sized, hot to warm, growing orchid but it can tolerate cooler conditions has drooping, frequently branching, stems variably coloured flowers can last about 2 weeks and can bloom throughout the year Coelogyne speciosa (brown) epiphyte from 700 to 2 000 m altitude native to the rain forests of the Islands of Malay Archipelago growing on the trunk and major limbs where it receives filtered light
Cattleya maxima native of Ecuador and northern Peru grows as epiphyte or lithophyte in dry coastal forests grown under warm conditions water twice weekly in summer and once a week in winter fertilize for three weeks with high nitrogen and one week with low nitrogen requires good air movement grown under 50% shade Dendrochilum convallariiforme (salmon) native to the Philippines on Luzon and Mindanao grows as an epiphyte between 300 and 900 m in the mountains often found in shaded areas grown in a styrene and peat moss mix watered copiously in simmer and less so in winter fertilized weekly in summer
Zelenkoa onusta native to Panama, Colombia and Ecuador to Peru grows as a lithophyte or epiphyte in coastal areas in dry forests from sea level to 1 200 m elevation grown in a pot of free draining bark but will transfer to a cork mount watered sparingly and almost not at all in winter Ceratostylis retisquama native to the Philippines on Luzon and Mindanao warm to hot growing epiphyte at elevations to 500 m in hot humid and shady conditions grown under 50% shade watered copiously in summer and lightly in winter fertilized the low nitrogen fertilizer
Dockrillia erythraeum I (David James) cannot find any reference to Dockrillia erythraeum however I can find references to Dockrillia hepatica which the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families currently considers to be a synonym of Dendrobium erythraeum native to Papua New Guinea in the Morobi Province grows on the ridge tops where there is good air and plenty of passing clouds grown in a small mesh basket watered daily in summer and twice weekly in winter fertilized with low nitrogen fertilizer Ceratostylis radiata purchased this from Robert Trost 2 years ago found in Thailand, Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra in lower montane forests in deep shade discovered in India (Assam) for the first time in 2013 grows on tree trunks as a miniature to small sized, hot to cool, growing epiphyte it is commonly written that it flowers in the spring but I've found it flowers at least twice a year and it seems to have its main flowering in winter it s very generous with its flowering grow in full shade I have mine growing in shade with probably a little afternoon sun in winter it certainly doesn't appear to be fussy as it receives standard watering and fertilizing
Dockrillia rigida Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Dendrobium rigidum native to Australian from Cape York to the Russell River also occurs in Papua New Guinea grows in a variety of humid habitats from mangroves, coastal rainforests, paperbark swamps to along streams grows on a range of trees but each species must have rough bark grown on a slab or bark under good air movement conditions watered copiously in summer and much less in winter fertilized with low nitrogen weekly in summer and nil in winter grown under 50% shade Bulbophyllum bataanense Vanda lamellata The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families currently considers that Vanda lamellata has three included varieties of Vanda lamellata var. boxallii, Vanda lamellata var. lamellata and Vanda lamellata var. remediosae from Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines grows in hot seasonally dry lowland climates often in full sun near the sea there are several recognized varieties based on flower colour
Oncidium maculatum from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras variable in colour Oncidium sotoanum The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families currently considers that Oncidium sotoanum has two included subspecies of Oncidium sotoanum subsp. sotoanum (synonyms Oncidium ornithorhynchum f. albiflorum and Oncidium ornithorhynchum var. albiflorum) and Oncidium sotoanum subsp. papalosmum was known as Oncidium ornithorhyncum however this is the currently accepted name for a different species from Mexico to Colombia
Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica f. alba The name Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica f. alba does not appear to have an author so may not be have been botanically described The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families currently considers all varieties, subvarieties and forma as Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica found only on the islands of Polillo and Palawan in the Philippine group they grow in hot to warm forests at 500 metres in humid shady positions Palawan is on the western side of the group and Polillo is one the eastern side some 100 kilometres away and yet this orchid is not found on any islands in between Vanda tessellata f. flava The name Vanda tessellata f. flava does not appear to have an author so may not be have been botanically described The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families currently only considers one name being Vanda tessellata
Stichorkis compressa Liparis grossa Mormolyca hedwigiae
Pomatocalpa angustifolium Angraecum distichum
Acronia matudana Currently considered by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families to be a synonym of Pleurothallis matudana Zootrophion oblongifolium
Angraecum firthii Laelia anceps var. veitchiana The name Laelia anceps var. veitchiana does not appear to have an author so may not be have been botanically described The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families currently considers all varieties, subvarieties and forma as either Laelia anceps subsp. anceps or Laelia anceps subsp. dawsonii found in Mexico and Honduras hot to warm grower at altitudes up to about 1 500 meters in pastures, oak pine forests and on rocks often in full sun it's a medium size flower and there are various varieties and colours has long inflorescence some up to 1 metre flowers autumn to early winter easy plant to grow untidy plant needs a good size pot