Paphiopedilum, often called the Venus slipper, is a genus of the lady slipper orchid subfamily Cypripedioideae of the flowering plant family Orchidaceae. The genus comprises some 80 accepted taxa including several natural hybrids. The genus is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, New Guinea and the Solomon and Bismarck Islands.
Johannes Jacobus Smith was a Dutch botanist who, between years 1905 to 1924, crossed the islands of the Dutch East Indies, collecting specimens of plants and describing and cataloguing the flora of these islands. The standard botanical author abbreviation J.J.Sm. is applied to plants described by J.J. Smith.
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum, common name The Shiny Green Leaf Paphiopedilum or Tropical Lady's-Slipper, is a species of flowering plants in the genus Paphiopedilum of the family Orchidaceae.
Paphiopedilum fowliei is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is endemic to Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Robiquetia, commonly known as pouched orchids, or 寄树兰属 , is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes with long, sometimes branched, fibrous stems, leathery leaves in two ranks and large numbers of small, densely crowded flowers on a pendulous flowering stem. There are about eighty species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the Western Pacific.
Trichoglottis, commonly known as cherub orchids or 毛舌兰属 , is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are epiphytic plants with thick roots, relatively thick, fibrous stems and many large, thick, leathery leaves arranged in two ranks. The flowers are usually small and yellowish with light brown or purple markings. The flowers have broad sepals, narrower petals and a labellum which has three lobes and is often hairy. There are about 85 species distributed from tropical and subtropical Asia to the north-western Pacific. Most species grow in rainforest.
Charles Curtis was an English botanist who was sent by James Veitch & Sons to search for new plant species in Madagascar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and the Moluccas, before settling in Penang, where he became the first superintendent of the Penang Botanic Gardens.
Paphiopedilum appletonianum is a species of orchid occurring from Hainan Island to Indochina.
Paphiopedilum druryi is a species of orchid endemic to the Agastyamalai Hills of southern India. It is the only southern Indian orchid species in the genus. Rediscovered in 1972 after its original description in 1870, wild populations were decimated by commercial collectors and it is one of the few plants that are listed as threatened by the Indian government and included in CITES and the IUCN Redlist.
Paphiopedilum sukhakulii is a species of plant in the family Orchidaceae.
Alastair S. Robinson is a taxonomist and field botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes, for which he is regarded as a world authority. He is currently a manager at the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, where he oversees identification botany services, the Library and Artwork components of the State Botanical Collection, and the botanical journal Muelleria, a peer-reviewed scientific journal on botany published by the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, for which he is Editor in Chief.
Brachypeza, commonly known as sage orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have short stems with fleshy leaves and arching flowering stems with short-lived flowers. The sepals and petals are similar in size and shape and the labellum is pouch-like and suspended at the base of the flower. Sage orchids occur in tropical areas from Indochina to New Guinea.
Cleisocentron is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It has a disjunct distribution, known from the Himalayas, Vietnam and Borneo. Six species are currently recognized:
- Cleisocentron abasiiCavestro - Sabah
- Cleisocentron gokusingiiJ.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
- Cleisocentron kinabaluenseMetusala & J.J.Wood - Sabah
- Cleisocentron klossii(Ridl.) Garay - Vietnam
- Cleisocentron merrillianum(Ames) Christenson - Sabah
- Cleisocentron pallens(Cathcart ex Lindl.) N.Pearce & P.J.Cribb - eastern Himalayas
Dilochia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 8 known species, native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.
- Dilochia beamaniiOrmerod - Borneo(Sabah)
- Dilochia cantleyi(Hook.f.) Ridl. - Indonesia, New Guinea
- Dilochia carnosaSulist. - Indonesia(Sumat ra)
- Dilochia celebica(Schltr.) Schltr. - Sulawesi
- Dilochia deleoniaeTandang & Galindon - Philippines
- Dilochia elmeriAmes - Philippines
- Dilochia longilabrisJ.J.Sm. - Sulawesi, Borneo
- Dilochia parvifloraJ.J.Sm. - Borneo
- Dilochia rigida(Ridl.) J.J.Wood - Sabah
- Dilochia subsessilis(Rolfe) S.Thomas - Myanmar
- Dilochia wallichiiLindl. - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines
Grosourdya is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 11 known species, native to Southeast Asia.
- Grosourdya appendiculata(Blume) Rchb.f. - widespread from Hainan to the Andaman Islands to the Philippines and Maluku
- Grosourdya bicornutaJ.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
- Grosourdya calliferaSeidenf. - Thailand
- Grosourdya incurvicalcar(J.J.Sm.) Garay - Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Sulawesi
- Grosourdya minutiflora(Ridl.) Garay - Pahang
- Grosourdya muscosa(Rolfe) Garay - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Andaman Islands
- Grosourdya pulvinifera(Schltr.) Garay - Sabah, Sulawesi
- Grosourdya quinquelobata(Schltr.) Garay - Sulawesi
- Grosourdya tripercus(Ames) Garay - Leyte
- Grosourdya urunensisJ.J.Wood, C.L.Chan & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
- Grosourdya zollingeri(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. - Java, Maluku
Vrydagzynea, commonly called tonsil orchids, is a genus of orchids in the tribe Cranichideae. About forty five species of Vrydagzynea have been formally described. They are native to India, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. A single species in Australia is possibly extinct. They have thinly textured, stalked leaves and small, dull-coloured resupinate flowers with the dorsal sepal and petals overlapping to form a hood over the column.
Schoenorchis, commonly known as flea orchids, or 匙唇兰属 , is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are small epiphytes with thin roots, thin leafy stems with leaves in two ranks and tiny fragrant, almost tube-shaped flowers with a prominently spurred labellum. There are about twenty five species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the Western Pacific.
Nepenthes holdenii is a tropical pitcher plant from western Cambodia, where it grows at elevations of 600–800 m above sea level. The species was originally known from only two peaks in the Cardamom Mountains, but the discovery of a new population was reported in October 2011. Seeds were collected in 2014 and the species was successfully introduced into cultivation.
Allium robinsonii, the Columbia River onion or Robinson's onion, is a rare plant species native to the US States of Washington and Oregon, although some studies suggest that the Oregon populations may now be extinct. The species has been reported from 5 counties in Washington and 5 in Oregon. It is found in sand and gravel deposits along the lower Columbia River and some of its tributaries, usually at elevations less than 200 m. The species is also cultivated as an ornamental in other regions, including in Europe.
Phrynium is a plant genus native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. It was described as a genus in 1797.
