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Schomburgkia
''Schomburgkia'' was a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. This genus was named for Richard Schomburgk, a German botanist who explored British Guiana during the 19th century. Former species of this genus were either epiphytic or lithophytic in their growth habit. According to the Royal Horticultural Society ''Schom.'' was the official abbreviation for this genus. The genus was named in 1838 by Lindley, with '' Schomburgkia crispa'', a large sized, hot growing plant found in the tropical areas of Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, as the type species. In 1941, ''Schom. crispa'' was moved to the genus ''Laelia'' by L.O.Williams. Its accepted name is now '' Laelia marginata''. The member species of ''Schomburgkia'' have since been moved to different genera: ''Myrmecophila'', ''Laelia'', and '' Pseudolaelia''. Former species *'' Schomburgkia albopurpurea'' ( W.H.W.Strachan ex Fawc.) Withner 1993, Grand Cayman Island, now '' Myrmecophila alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schomburgkia Albopurpurea
''Schomburgkia'' was a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. This genus was named for Richard Schomburgk, a German botanist who explored British Guiana during the 19th century. Former species of this genus were either epiphytic or lithophytic in their growth habit. According to the Royal Horticultural Society ''Schom.'' was the official abbreviation for this genus. The genus was named in 1838 by Lindley, with '' Schomburgkia crispa'', a large sized, hot growing plant found in the tropical areas of Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, as the type species. In 1941, ''Schom. crispa'' was moved to the genus ''Laelia'' by L.O.Williams. Its accepted name is now '' Laelia marginata''. The member species of ''Schomburgkia'' have since been moved to different genera: ''Myrmecophila'', ''Laelia'', and '' Pseudolaelia''. Former species *'' Schomburgkia albopurpurea'' ( W.H.W.Strachan ex Fawc.) Withner 1993, Grand Cayman Island, now '' Myrmecophila albopurp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laelia
''Laelia'' is a small genus of 25 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). ''Laelia'' species are found in areas of subtropical or temperate climate in Central and South America, but mostly in Mexico. ''Laelia'' is abbreviated ''L.'' in the horticultural trade. Description Mostly epiphyte herbs (with a few lithophytes) with laterally compressed pseudobulbs. One to four leathery or fleshy leaves are born near the top of each pseudobulb, and can be broadly ovate to oblong. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme (rarely a panicle). The flowers have 8 pollinia; petals are of a thinner texture than the sepals; sepals and petals are of similar shape, but the sepals being narrower; the lip or labellum is free from the arched flower column. Distribution Species of ''Laelia'' can be found from western Mexico south to Bolivia, from sea level to mountain forests. Taxonomy The genus ''Laelia'' was described as part of subfamily Epidendroideae by John Lindley. Brazilian ''Laelias'', af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmecophila Albopurpurea
''Myrmecophila'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and Venezuela. Species in this genus are either epiphytic or lithophytic in their growth habit. Their slightly scented flowers are produced on pole-like growths that extend upwards from 1 to 4 meters high and take up to 4 months to develop. Several of the ''Schomburgkia'' species were transferred into the genus ''Myrmecophila'' by Robert Allen Rolfe in 1917. The name ''Myrmecophila'' is a derivative of the word ''myrmecophile'' and refers to the symbiotic relationship with colonies of ants that are usually found living in the large, hollowed-out, banana-like pseudobulbs. An opening in the base of each pseudobulb serves as an entrance for the ants which harvest nectar from the peduncles and flowers and forage on other plants in the community. The ants associated with ''Myrmecophila tibicinis'' pack many of the pseudobulbs with debris that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmecophila
''Myrmecophila'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and Venezuela. Species in this genus are either Epiphyte, epiphytic or Lithophyte, lithophytic in their growth habit. Their slightly scented flowers are produced on pole-like growths that extend upwards from 1 to 4 meters high and take up to 4 months to develop. Several of the ''Schomburgkia'' species were transferred into the genus ''Myrmecophila'' by Robert Allen Rolfe in 1917. The name ''Myrmecophila'' is a derivative of the word ''myrmecophile'' and refers to the symbiotic relationship with colonies of ants that are usually found living in the large, hollowed-out, banana-like pseudobulbs. An opening in the base of each pseudobulb serves as an entrance for the ants which harvest nectar from the peduncle (botany), peduncles and flowers and forage on other plants in the community. The ants associated with ''Myrmecophila tibicinis'' pack ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schomburgkia Brysiana
''Myrmecophila brysiana'' is an orchid in the genus ''Myrmecophila''. A common name for the species is Brys's schomburgkia. It was first described by Charles Antoine Lemaire in 1851. It is found growing along rivers and seashores in dense mangroves in Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeast Mexico and the southwest Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...). The flowers show significant variation and may indicate this is more than one species. References Taxa named by Charles Antoine Lemaire Orchids of Central America Orchids of Belize Flora of Honduras Flora of Mexico Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Guatemala Flora of Belize Flora of the Caribbean Laeliinae Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Laeliinae- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolaelia
''Pseudolaelia'' is a small genus belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae), the entire genus endemic to Brazil. The abbreviation used in the horticultural trade is Pdla. Description The flowers of these orchids resemble those of ''Laelia'', but the main difference between these two genera lies in the vegetative part. These orchids occur exclusively in Eastern Brazil, often as epiphytes. Some are lithophytes, forming a thicket on the rocks. Others, as ''Pseudolaelia vellozicola'', are semi-epiphytes and can be found on mat-like communities of ''Vellozia'' bushes on inselbergs (dome-shaped granitic or gneissic rock outcrops) in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, requiring an adaptation to the extreme environmental conditions (dryness, isolation) The rhizomes are extended. The pseudobulbs are fusiform, cylindrical to conical, carrying three to eight leaves. These are apical, deciduous, upright, leathery and pointy. The base of the leaves clasps the pseudobulb from the upper t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laelia Marginata
''Laelia marginata'' is a species of orchid in the genus ''Laelia''. ''Laelia marginata'' is found in Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north .... References marginata Orchids of Suriname {{Laeliinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laeliinae
Laeliinae is a Neotropical subtribe including 40 orchid genera, such as ''Brassavola'', ''Laelia'' and ''Cattleya''. The genus ''Epidendrum'' is the largest within this subtribe, containing about 1500 species. This is followed by the genus ''Encyclia'', with over 120 species. List of genera Genera and number of species: *'' Acrorchis'' Dressler, 1 *'' Adamantinia'' Van den Berg & M.W.Chase, 1 *'' Alamania'' La Llave & Lex., 1 *'' Arpophyllum'' La Llave & Lex, 5 *'' Artorima'' Dressler & G.E.Pollard, 1 *''Barkeria'' Knowles & Westc., 17 **Syn. ''Dothilophis'' Raf. *''Brassavola'' R.Br., 17 *'' Broughtonia'' R.Br., 6 **Syn. ''Cattleyopsis'' Lem., ''Laeliopsis'' Lindl. *''Cattleya'' Lindl., 118 **Syn. ''Maelenia'' Dum., ''Sophronitis'' Lindl., ''Sophronia'' Lindl., ''Lophoglottis'' Raf., ''Hoffmannseggella'' H.G.Jones, ''Hadrolaelia'' (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, ''Dungsia'' Chiron & V.P.Castro, ''Microlaelia'' (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro, ''Chironiella'' Braem, ''Brasilael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schomburgkia Crispa
''Laelia gloriosa'' is a species of orchid native to tropical South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe .... References gloriosa Orchids of South America {{Laeliinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hermann Schomburgk
Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a German-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for Great Britain in the Dominican Republic and Thailand. Life and career Schomburgk was born at Freyburg, Prussian Saxony, the son of a Protestant minister. In 1820, while staying with his uncle, he learned botany from a professor. Commercial career He entered commercial life and, in 1828, went to the United States, where he worked for a time as a clerk in Boston and Philadelphia. In 1828, he was requested to supervise a transport of Saxon sheep to the American state of Virginia, where he lived for a time. The same year, he became a partner in a tobacco manufactory at Richmond. The factory was burned, and Schomburgk was ruined. He suffered further setbacks on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, where he lost all his belongings in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Ekuatur Nunka''), is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's capital and largest city is Quito. The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of Indigenous groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantae
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyte, Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyte, Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and Fern ally, their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
