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The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. ... Their flowers can be as tiny as a pin head or larger than your fist and they come in a rainbow of colors. Orchids ...
Located to the east of the conservatory building are 20 greenhouse structures. [9] 15 of the structures are used to care for the orchid, bromeliad, cactus, amaryllis and tropical plant collections. Five of the greenhouses are used by the Golightly Career and Technical Center's Agriscience Program for high school students in the metro Detroit area.
Dendrobium Orchid. There are as many as 1,800 different species of dendrobium orchids. These orchids like to grow in small pots and often have tall, top-heavy blooms that require staking for support.
Common names include ground-rooting epidendrum, fire-star orchid, crucifix orchid, [1] rainbow orchid, and reed-stem epidendrum. [ 2 ] The diagnostic characteristic of E. radicans is its tendency to sprout roots all along the length of the stem; other crucifix orchids only produce roots near the base. [ 3 ]
The Wheeler-Thanhauser Orchid Collection and Species Bank is located within Christy Woods, an 17-acre (73,000 m 2) property located on the southwest corner of the Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana, United States. The collection was donated to Ball State (then) Teachers College in 1971 by Goldie Wheeler.
This includes the miniature orchids and the Barbara Tisherman Slipper Orchid Collection, curated in collaboration with the Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania. Also on display is the unique Phalaenopsis Frank Sarris orchid, named for the founder of Sarris Candies, a trustee and benefactor of the Conservatory.