Orquídeas
La familia Orchidaceae, u orquídeas, es una de las familias de plantas más grandes y diversas del mundo, conocida por sus intrincadas y exóticas flores. Las orquídeas son admiradas por su belleza y variedad, con especies que exhiben una sorprendente variedad de formas, tamaños y colores. Estas plantas son increíblemente adaptables y prosperan en diversos entornos, desde selvas tropicales hasta desiertos áridos.
Hábitat: Las orquídeas se pueden encontrar en una amplia variedad de hábitats. Muchas especies crecen como epífitas, adheridas a los árboles en las copas húmedas de las selvas tropicales, donde capturan la humedad y los nutrientes del aire. Otras prosperan en regiones templadas, creciendo en el suelo o sobre rocas. Algunas orquídeas incluso se han adaptado para sobrevivir en entornos duros y secos, lo que las convierte en una de las familias de plantas más versátiles. Su capacidad para adaptarse a diversos climas y condiciones contribuye a su amplia distribución y éxito ecológico.
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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...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis cardiostola
A leaf-blooming epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing solitary flowers on the surface of a broad, heart-shaped leaf with prominent conc...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis 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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A pendant-growing miniature epiphyte from the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing fleshy, elliptic leaves densely speckled with dark purple-black dot...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis gargantua f. xanthinum 'Gigi' 003138
Pleurothallis gargantua f. xantino '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...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis henniae
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...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis hitchcockii
A slender species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing flowers nestled between two narrow, lanceolate leaves from the axil. The erect ...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis 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...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis 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...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis limonensis
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 ...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis megalotis
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 ...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis microcardia
A charming miniature species from the Andean cloud forests, bearing solitary flowers directly on a broad, fleshy leaf. The elongated dorsal sepal r...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis nangaritzae
A miniature species native to the cloud forests of southern Ecuador, named after the Nangaritza River valley. Solitary flowers emerge directly on a...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis penicillata
A compact, caespitose epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, bearing dense, brush-like clusters of tiny flowers with a strongly hooded dorsal sepal, c...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis 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 ...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis 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...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallis 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...
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A small epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, producing flowers of a striking cruciform silhouette. The exceptionally long, horizontal lateral sepals...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallopsis inaequalis
A small creeping epiphyte from the cloud forests of Ecuador, with a compact, branching habit quite distinct from its relatives. Flowers emerge from...
Ver todos los detallesPleurothallopsis 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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