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Acriopsis Ridleyi
''Acriopsis'', commonly known as chandelier orchids or 合萼兰属 (he e lan shu) is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Orchidaceaes. Orchids in this genus are Epiphyte, epiphytic Herbaceous plant, herbs with spherical or cylindrical pseudobulbs, creeping, branched rhizomes, thin white roots, two or three leaves and many small flowers. The flowers are Resupination, non-resupinate with the wikt:lateral, lateral sepals joined along their edges and have spreading petals and a three-lobed Labellum (botany), labellum. The Column (botany), column has projections that extend hood-like beyond the anther. The genus was first formally described in 1825 by Carl Ludwig Blume who published the description in ''Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië''. The name ''Acriopsis'' is derived from the Ancient Greek words ''akris'' meaning "locust" or "grasshopper" and ''opsis'', meaning "having the appearance of" or "like", referring to the grasshopper-like shape of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acriopsis Javanica
''Acriopsis javanica'' is a species of orchid that is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, some Pacific islands and northern Australia. It is a clump-forming epiphyte with dark green leaves and curved, branching flower stems with many white and cream-coloured flowers with purple markings. Description ''Acriopsis javanica'' is an epiphyte with pseudobulbs long and wide. Each pseudobulb has three or four linear leaves long and wide on a petiole long. From 12 to 300 white and cream-coloured flowers with purple markings are borne on each flowering stem, the stems long. The flowers are wide, apart on a pedicel long and have a three-lobed labellum. The dorsal sepal is long, wide and the lateral sepals are fused to form a synsepalum long and wide below the labellum. The petals are oblong to egg-shaped, long and wide. The labellum is long, about wide and has three lobes. Taxonomy and naming The genus ''Acriopsis'' was first formally described in 1825 by Carl Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |