Post by rogier on Jul 17, 2012 1:53:48 GMT 7
Most people here share the same (somewhat disturbed) taste for plants.
If I talk for myself I do not like the simple, flat, big and flashy flowers but more the weird and unusual.
I notice that quiet a few people here are the same.
Not surprising that there is an orchid topic on a forum for carnivorous plants. (and often also the other way around)
Sadly I know little about carnivorous plants and can share little but with orchids the story is different. So hereby some of the freakiest I have photographed so far.
Bulbophyllum ascochilum. looks a bit like a squid. This species is as yet only known from cultivation. Although the plant originated from New Guinea its exact location is still a mystery as it has not been found again. So if you ever see it. let me know.
Bulbophyllum bandischii.
Also from New Guinea.
Bulbophyllum cimicinum.
Bulbophyllum from the section Epicrianthes often have the weirdest appendages on their petals. Such as these hairy spiders legs
Bulbophyllum gracilimum.
Very widespread in South east Asia and Northern Australia.
Bulbophyllum lindleyanum.
A rare orchid from the Isthmus of Kra. warm growing annd likes it a bit on the dry side with a wet summer.
Chologlottis formicifera.
This tiny Australian terrestrial mimics a female wasp (although it looks for like an ant)
Corybas pictus.
Also a small terrestrial orchid. This one comes from Borneo to Java and is locally quite common. It likoften grows close to Nepenthes
.
Epipogium aphyllum.
A leafless orchid that lives as a parasite on fungi. It occurs from Western Europe to Japan.
Liparis purpureoviridis.
This orchid lives in Malaysia, where it occurs in mossy forests
Hope you like them.
Rogier
If I talk for myself I do not like the simple, flat, big and flashy flowers but more the weird and unusual.
I notice that quiet a few people here are the same.
Not surprising that there is an orchid topic on a forum for carnivorous plants. (and often also the other way around)
Sadly I know little about carnivorous plants and can share little but with orchids the story is different. So hereby some of the freakiest I have photographed so far.
Bulbophyllum ascochilum. looks a bit like a squid. This species is as yet only known from cultivation. Although the plant originated from New Guinea its exact location is still a mystery as it has not been found again. So if you ever see it. let me know.
Bulbophyllum bandischii.
Also from New Guinea.
Bulbophyllum cimicinum.
Bulbophyllum from the section Epicrianthes often have the weirdest appendages on their petals. Such as these hairy spiders legs
Bulbophyllum gracilimum.
Very widespread in South east Asia and Northern Australia.
Bulbophyllum lindleyanum.
A rare orchid from the Isthmus of Kra. warm growing annd likes it a bit on the dry side with a wet summer.
Chologlottis formicifera.
This tiny Australian terrestrial mimics a female wasp (although it looks for like an ant)
Corybas pictus.
Also a small terrestrial orchid. This one comes from Borneo to Java and is locally quite common. It likoften grows close to Nepenthes
. Epipogium aphyllum.
A leafless orchid that lives as a parasite on fungi. It occurs from Western Europe to Japan.
Liparis purpureoviridis.
This orchid lives in Malaysia, where it occurs in mossy forests
Hope you like them.
Rogier
