Ads
related to: hausermann orchids plants #khm2221 florida pictures
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Dendrophylax lindenii, the ghost orchid (a common name also used for Epipogium aphyllum) is a rare perennial epiphyte from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is native to Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba. [2] [4] Other common names include palm polly and white frog orchid.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
He laughs about all this starting with $25. That was how much it cost to buy Dr. Carlyle A. Luer’s “The Native Orchids of Florida” at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami in 1972.
Plant dealer John Edward Laroche (born February 19, 1962, in Florida) was determined to find and clone the rare ghost orchid for profit. Along the way, Orlean becomes fascinated with ghost orchids and meets many orchid enthusiasts. [3] In their and Laroche's struggles and oddities, she gets a glimpse of true passion for the first time in her life.
The following taxonomy follows largely the classification system of Robert Louis Dressler, an orchid specialist and adjunct curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History. This classification, published in 1981 in the book The Orchids: Natural History and Classification , was widely accepted by botanists and growers before the publication of ...
The AOS is the parent organization for local orchid societies in North and South America. [2] It is affiliated with 600 orchid societies worldwide. [7] A local commercial orchid grower, Robert Fuchs, said, "The American Orchid Society has the best orchid library in the Americas and orchid art work that is phenomenal."