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  2. Cypripedium calceolus - Wikipedia

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    This is the largest-flowered orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm tall [5] with flowers as wide as 9 cm. [6] Before it flowers, it is distinguished from other orchids by the large size and width of its ovate leaves (as big as 18 cm long, 9 cm wide), [5] which like other orchids exhibit parallel venation.

  3. American Orchid Society - Wikipedia

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    It was styled, "A magazine devoted to the popularizing of orchids and their culture". [12] The first editor was David Lumsden. [12] An early editor of the bulletin was Louis Otho Williams, during his time as editor publication went from quarterly to monthly. [11] [13] Also while Williams was editor membership in the society grew from 200 to ...

  4. Epidendrum - Wikipedia

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    Epidendrum orchids hybridize readily with members of other related genera, such as Cattleya (× Epicattleya is the accepted nothogenus for such a hybrid) Brassavola (producing a × Brassoepidendrum). There are also multi-generic hybrids, for example, × Vaughnara is the nothogenus for hybrids containing ancestor species from each of the genera ...

  5. Angraecum sesquipedale - Wikipedia

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    Angraecum sesquipedale / ˌ s ɛ s k w ɪ p ɪ ˈ d eɪ l iː /, also known as Darwin's orchid, Christmas orchid, Star of Bethlehem orchid, and king of the angraecums, is an epiphytic orchid in the genus Angraecum endemic to Madagascar.

  6. Paphiopedilum - Wikipedia

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    Paphiopedilum, often called the Venus slipper, is a genus of the lady slipper orchid subfamily Cypripedioideae of the flowering plant family Orchidaceae.The genus comprises some 80 accepted taxa including several natural hybrids.

  7. Category:Orchids - Wikipedia

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    Orchids are members of the plant family Orchidaceae. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.

  8. Spathoglottis - Wikipedia

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    Spathoglottis, commonly known as purple orchids [2] or 苞舌兰属 (bao she lan shu) [3] is a genus of about fifty species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen terrestrial herbs with crowded pseudobulbs , a small number of leaves and medium-sized resupinate flowers on an upright flowering stem.

  9. Orchis - Wikipedia

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    These terrestrial orchids have root tubers instead of pseudobulbs.They are extremely diverse in appearance. They produce an erect stem.The inflorescence is a cylindrical to globular spike, 5–15 cm (2–6 in) long, with yellow, red to purple flowers.