Orchidaceae
Die Familie der Orchidaceae (Orchideen) ist eine der größten und vielfältigsten Pflanzenfamilien der Welt und bekannt für ihre komplexen und exotischen Blüten. Orchideen werden für ihre Schönheit und Vielfalt bewundert, wobei die Arten eine atemberaubende Vielfalt an Formen, Größen und Farben aufweisen. Diese Pflanzen sind unglaublich anpassungsfähig und gedeihen in unterschiedlichsten Umgebungen von tropischen Regenwäldern bis hin zu trockenen Wüsten.
Lebensraum: Orchideen sind in den unterschiedlichsten Lebensräumen zu finden. Viele Arten wachsen als Epiphyten und klammern sich an Bäume in den feuchten Baumkronen tropischer Regenwälder, wo sie Feuchtigkeit und Nährstoffe aus der Luft aufnehmen. Andere Arten gedeihen in gemäßigten Regionen und wachsen im Boden oder auf Felsen. Einige Orchideen haben sich sogar an raue, trockene Umgebungen angepasst, was sie zu einer der vielseitigsten Pflanzenfamilien macht. Ihre Fähigkeit, sich an verschiedene Klimazonen und Bedingungen anzupassen, trägt zu ihrer weiten Verbreitung und ihrem ökologischen Erfolg bei.
Platystele scopulifera
Platystele scopulifera
Platystele stonyx
Platystele stonyx
Pleurothallis aggeris
A graceful epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing arching, pendant racemes densely set with small flowers, each bearing extraordinarily ...
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A prolific epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing numerous flowers simultaneously on slender stems from the base of narrow, lanceolate l...
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A leaf-blooming epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing solitary flowers on the surface of a broad, heart-shaped leaf with prominent conc...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis cardiostola f. xanthina
A yellow-green form of this leaf-blooming Andean epiphyte, producing a solitary flower on the surface of a broad, bilobed, glossy leaf with promine...
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A leaf-blooming epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, growing on narrow, grooved, granular-textured terete leaves. The flower forms a clean cross...
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Acianthera dodsonii
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A pendant-growing miniature epiphyte from the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing fleshy, elliptic leaves densely speckled with dark purple-black dot...
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Pleurothallis gargantua f. Xanthinum 'Gigi' 003138
Pleurothallis geographica
A compact species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing star-shaped flowers at the base of narrow, coriaceous, sharply pointed leaves. Th...
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A neat, free-flowering species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing successive racemes of open, star-shaped flowers on an erect scape. T...
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A slender species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing flowers nestled between two narrow, lanceolate leaves from the axil. The erect ...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis lilijae
A botanical rarity native to the cloud forests of Ecuador with a striking epiphyllous habit: a single flower emerges from the surface of a large, o...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis lilijae f. xanthinum
A color form of the epiphyllous Pths. lilijae, bearing a solitary flower directly from the surface of a large, glaucous-textured leaf. The erect do...
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Pleurothallis macrocardia
A prolific epiphyllous species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing dense clusters of small, semi-globose flowers from the surface of ...
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A distinctive miniature species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, featuring a broad, hood-like dorsal sepal and deeply connate lateral sepals...
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A miniature species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, with erect spike-like racemes densely packed with small, dark-spotted flowers arranged ...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis microcardia
A charming miniature species from the Andean cloud forests, bearing solitary flowers directly on a broad, fleshy leaf. The elongated dorsal sepal r...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis nangaritzae
A miniature species native to the cloud forests of southern Ecuador, named after the Nangaritza River valley. Solitary flowers emerge directly on a...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis penicillata
A compact, caespitose epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, bearing dense, brush-like clusters of tiny flowers with a strongly hooded dorsal sepal, c...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis peroniocephala
A small epiphyte native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, with free, elongated lateral sepals that curve outward and downward with a dense papillose...
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A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing solitary flowers directly on the surface of the elongated, fleshy leaf. The lar...
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A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing solitary flowers directly on the surface of the glaucous, fleshy leaf. The erect ...
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Pleurothallis rubrifolia
Pleurothallis silverstonei
A small epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, producing a striking umbellate inflorescence of campanulate flowers arranged in a radiating burst from ...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis stevensonii
A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing solitary flowers on erect peduncles from the base of the oval leaf. The oversized...
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A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing flowers directly on the surface of a long, terete leaf. The large, membranous, ...
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A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, where the flower hides deep within the groove of the large, arching leaf — true to its na...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis volans xanthina
The yellow color form of Pths. volans, endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador. It shares the same compact, globose pendant flower structure as the...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallis wielii
A small epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, producing flowers of a striking cruciform silhouette. The exceptionally long, horizontal lateral sepals...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallopsis inaequalis
A small creeping epiphyte from the cloud forests of Ecuador, with a compact, branching habit quite distinct from its relatives. Flowers emerge from...
Vollständige Details anzeigenPleurothallopsis norae
A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing clusters of tiny flowers at the base of a large, oval leaf. The elongated, claw...
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