Oeceoclades Orchids

Oeceoclades is an orchid ( Orchidaceae) genus, established by the English botanist Sir John Lindley (1799-1865 ) in 1832 with about 38 Oeceoclades species, native to Africa and Madagascar, Oeceoclades maculata also to Central and South America and the Caribbean Islands. Oeceoclades orchids are closely related to Eulophia orchids and are mostly terrestrial growing.
The abbreviation in horticultural trade is: Oecl.

Ground Orchid Oeceoclades petiolata

30/04/2013

Oeceoclades petiolata

Oeceoclades petiolata (Schltr.) Garay & P. Taylor 1976 is a terrestrial growing (ground orchid), small sized orchid species, native to the dry forests in South Madagascar. The erect inflorescences reach lengths of up to about 50 cm and carry up to 10 flowers. Flowers get a size of just about 1,5 cm in diameter. Flowering Read More »

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Ground Orchid Oeceoclades calcarata

21/04/2013

Ground Orchid Oeceoclades calcarata

Oeceoclades calcarata (Schltr.) Garay & P. Taylor 1976 is a ground orchid, means a terrestrially growing orchid species, native to Madagascar, the fourth-largest island in the world. Whilst the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from India around 88 million years ago and became a unique biodiversity hotspot. Over 90 percent of Madagascar`s Read More »

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Eulophia pulchra Lindl. 1833 Oeceoclades pulchra

01/07/2010

Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl. 1833

The Eulophia pulchra (Thouars) Lindl. 1833, is also called,
Oeceoclades pulchra (Thouars) M.A. Clem. & P.J. Cribb 1989,
which is just a synonym…

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