Octomeria is a plant genus belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The genus comprises about 150 species native to the Neotropics, mostly in Brazil.
Cup orchids are a group of about 72 species of orchids, found throughout much of tropical America. The generic name comes from Greek and refers to the protrusions on the stigma.
Aristolochia littoralis, the calico flower or elegant Dutchman's pipe, is a species of evergreen vine belonging to the family Aristolochiaceae.
Benthamia is a genus of orchids. It contains 29 recognized species, all native to Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.
Legousia speculum-veneris, the looking glass or large Venus's-looking-glass, is an annual ornamental plant in the family Campanulaceae (bellflowers). It blooms from June to August and is native to the Mediterranean region.
Cyphochilus is a genus of orchids. It contains 8 known species, all endemic to New Guinea.
Ceratostylis is a genus of orchids with more than 140 species distributed in China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Melanesia.
Epiblastus is a genus of orchids with 22 known species distributed from New Guinea, Philippines, Maluku, Sulawesi, Fiji, the Solomons, the Bismarcks, Samoa and Vanuatu.
Campylocentrum is a genus of rare orchids native to Mexico, the West Indies, Central America and South America. One species (C. pachyrrhizum) extends its range into Florida.
Chiloschista, commonly known as starfish orchids or 异型兰属 is a genus of usually leafless, epiphytic or lithophytic orchids found in India, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Epidendrum secundum, one of the crucifix orchids, is a poorly understood reed stemmed species, which Dressler (1989) describes as "the Epidendrum secundum complex." According to Dressler, there are dozens of varieties, some of which appear to deserve species rank. Arditti and Ghani note that E. secundum has the distinction of bearing the longest seeds known in the Orchidaceae, 6.0 mm long. By comparison, the seeds of E. ibaguense are only 2.9 mm long.
Bulbophyllum abbreviatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum discovered in Madagascar and originally described by German botanist Rudolf Schlechter, from material collected by French botanist H. Perrier de la Bâthie in February 1912, which is now kept in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Schischkinia is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the sunflower family.
Callicarpa elegans is a plant species in the genus Callicarpa found in the Philippines.
Tetramicra canaliculata is a species of orchids in the subtribe Laeliinae. It is found in Florida, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles. It is the type species of its genus.
Cephalanthera erecta, the erect cephalanthera, is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Bhutan, Assam and eastern Himalayas.
Antirrhinum calycinum is a species of flowering plants.
Selliguea plantaginea is a fern species in the genus Selliguea.
Hans Heinrich Pfeiffer, was a German botanist and physiologist, with a particular interest in spermatophytes.
