Design: Photographs
were taken from the book "Native Philippine Orchids" by Hans H. Fessel
and Peter Balzer. Paciencia P. Milan, Program Director, VISCA-GTZ Applied
Tropical Ecology Program and President, LSU.
Epigeneium lyonii (P17.00)
The pseudobulbs of Epigeneium
lyonii are 5 to 7 cm. long and 2.5 to 4 cm. wide, four-angled, bifoliate.
The feathery leaves are oblong, 17 to 25 cm. long, and 3.5 to 5.5 cm. wide.
The apex is unequally bilobed. The flower stalk is very long, arching and
longer than the leaves. The flowers are large, white and purplish red.
It is endemic in Luzon and Samar, found in Bataan, Kalinga-Apayao, Laguna
and Rizal.
Thrixspermum subulatum
(P21.00)
It has long and pendent
shoots, often with side shoots. The leaves are thick, fleshy, shiny and
leathery. At the short inflorescences, some flowers appear within a few
weeks on many nodes. The flowers do not open completely. The three-lobed
lip has a sac-like spur; the large pointed lateral lobes are erect or envelope
the column. Found in Bontoc and llocos Norte.
Dendrobium uniflorum (P6.00)
The popularly known "Popcorn
Orchid", has erect to spreading, cylindrical stems that are up to 40 cm.
long. It bear many leaves which measures about 3.5 cm. long and 1 cm. wide.
The solitary flowers appear on the nodes of the stems. Found all over the
Philippines.
Kingidium philippinense
(P10.00)
Kingidium philippinense
has the habit of a Phalaenopsis plant. The short shoot is about 4 cm long;
the four to eight leaves grow up to 18 cm long. The branched inflorescence
is erect and longer than the leaves, bearing flowers of about 12 mm in
diameter. The three-lobed lip has calli between and on the lateral lobes.
The pollinarium has four unequal hemispherical pollinia in two pairs.
Trichoglottis philippinensis
(P22.00)
It has very long, erect
shoots which can sometimes be branched. The leaves are stiff
pod leathery. The flowers appear solitary on several nodes
and the lip is three-lobed. The spur is more like a cave in the fleshy
lip. On the back wall of the very short spur is a tongue-like, densely
hairy structure. It is endemic and found in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao
and Palawan. |