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Aerangis articulata. A large mounted plant with over six inflorescences hanging down . Each inflorescence has 16-20 star-shaped white flowers with long nectaries.

Aerangis articulata

Aerangis mystacidii. A small plant mounted on cork growing in a terrarium. There are five small white flowers, each with a long curved nectary.

Aerangis mystacidii

Aliceara Hilo Ablaze 'Hilo Gold'. A plant with two inforescences and seven open flowers in total. The lip has a base color of yellow and is overlaid with a pink blush and brown spots. Several of the flowers have a red blush on the lip. The petals and sepals have a base color of yellow overlaid with large brown spots.

Aliceara Hilo Ablaze ‘Hilo Gold’

Amitostigma Enomotoe. A dainty plant growing in a pot with simple grassy green leaves. There are four inflorescences. The lip is pink with a white center and two lines of dark purple. The petals and sepals are pink.

Amitostigma Enomotoe

Arachnis flos-aeris. A close-up of a few flowers. The lip is small and is maroon and pink. The column in the center of the lip is white. The petals and sepals are long and narrow. The base color is yellow with large brick red spots.

Arachnis flos-aeris

Arachnis flos-aeris. A single inflorescence with seven flowers. The lip is small and is maroon and pink. The column in the center of the lip is white. The petals and sepals are long and narrow. The base color is yellow with large brick red spots.

Arachnis flos-aeris

Ascocentrum Flame. A single inforescence with about a dozen flowers. The lip is small and is mostly yellow-orange. The sepals and petals are a bright reddish pink color.

Ascocentrum Flame

Dendrobium no name. One inflorescence with five flowers. The lip is a light yellow with purple markings. The three sepals are long and a soft yellow color with a few dark purple spots. The two petals are smaller and also a soft yellow color.

Aussie Dendrobiums

Brassolaeliocattleya New City. A single dark red flower. The lip is ruffled and has bright yellow veins over the red color. The two petals are broad and have ruffled edges.

Brassolaeliocattleya New City

Brassolaeliocattleya Fringe Benefits. A single large, light green flower. The lip is wide and heavily fringed around the edges.

Brassolaeliocattleya Fringe Benefits

Brassolaeliocattleya Fringe Benefits. A single large, light green flower. The lip is wide and heavily fringed around the edges.

Brassolaeliocattleya Fringe Benefits

Bulbophyllum echinolabium. One flower and one large flower bud. The sepals are long. The two petals curve back. The lip is a dark maroon color. The petals and sepals are a soft yellow color.

Bulbophyllum echinolabium

Bulbophyllum beccarii. A single inflorescence with over two dozen small flowers. The lip is a bright canary yellow. The petals and sepals are white with a pattern of brick red lines.

Bulbophyllum beccarii

Bulbophyllum nymphopolitanum. A single flower. The lip and the bottom two sepals are a dark maroon brown color. The center of the lip is yellow. The two petals and the top sepal are yellow overlaid with maroon spots. The bottom two petals are long.

Bulbophyllum nymphopolitanum

Cattleya schroederae. This plant is in a display and has two elaborate ribbons from the Maryland Orchid Society Show. There are over a dozen large white flowers. The lip is mostly white with a yellow-orange throat.

Cattleya schroederae

Calanthe reflexa. A plant growing in a pot outside in a garden. There are two inflorescenses, each with eight-ten flowers. The flowers are small and a light pink color.

Calanthe reflexa

Cattleya tigrina forma semi-alba. A close-up of a cluster of flowers. The lip is white with fuschia purple markings. The petals and sepals are apple green.

Cattleya tigrina forma semi-alba

Cattleya (formerly Sophronitis) mantiqueirea. A single cherry red flower on a tiny plant. The flower is larger than the plant.

Cattleya (Sophronitis) mantiqueirea

Cattleya Angel Bells. A large white Cattleya with two flowers. The lip is large and has a ruffled edge. The lip is mostly white with a soft yellow throat. The two petals are large and have ruffled edges. The petals and sepals are pure white.

Cattleya Angel Bells

A Cattleya (no name) with nine large flowers. The lip is a strong reddish purple with a ruffled edge. The petals and sepals are fuschia pink, and the two petals are large and ruffled.

Cattleya no ID

Cattleya Beachview. A semi-alba Cattleya with six flowers. The petals and sepals are white. The trumpet shaped lip is a rich purple with a golden throat.

Cattleya Beachview

Coelogyne ovalis. The plant has seven flowers. Each flower has a fringed dark purple lip with a yellow center. The petals and sepals are a light golden color.

Coelogyne ovalis

A single bulldog Paphiopedilum flower. The lip has an off-white background overlaid with dark pink patterns and a light yellow center. The two petals are white with dark red veins and lighter reddish pink blush. The dorsal sepal is white with burgundy veins.

Complex Paphiopedilum

Coryanthes alborosea. A pair of flowers hangs below the plant. The flowers have a complicated shape. The lip is a bucket shape, with a pure white color. A drop of nectar is seen in the center of the flower, ready to drip into the bucket. The petals and sepals are a crystalline translucent white.

Coryanthes alborosea

Cypripedium Green Meadow. There is a single inflorescence hanging down with eight white flowers with a blush of very light pink.

Cypripedium Green Meadow

Cypripedium formosanum growing in a garden bed. There are many growths each with a pair of pleated leaves. There are six flowers. The pouch is inflated and is a white color with maroon spots on the inside of the pouch. The petals and dorsal sepals are an ivory white color.

Cypripedium formosanum

Dendrobium anosmum. Approximately 10 canes hang down from the pot and and covered with hundreds of flowers. The lip is large and white. The petals and sepals are a mid-pink color.

Dendrobium anosmum

Dendrobium Udom Blue Angel. A single upright inflorescence with seven dark purple flowers.

Dendrobium Udom Blue Angel

Dracula gaskelliana. A single flower hangs down on an inflorescence, seen from below. There are three red ends on the sepals. The center of the flower is a golden yellow color with red dots and yellow hairs. The lip is a soft pink color in the center. The flower is held between a person's finger and thumb.

Dracula gaskelliana

Dracula gaskelliana. A single flower hangs down on an inflorescence, seen from below. There are three red ends on the sepals. The center of the flower is a golden yellow color with red dots and yellow hairs. The lip is a soft pink color in the center.

Dracula gaskelliana

Epicladium hybrid - no name. Three flowers with broad canary yellow lips with ruffled edges. The petals and sepals are a light apple green color.

Epicladium

Epidendrum ciliare. Three flowers on an inflorescence. The flowers have a highly fringed white lip with a yellow throat. The petals and sepals are an apple green color.

Epidendrum ciliare

Guaricattonia Morse Code. A cut inflorescence in a blue bottle. There ten fire engine red flowers on the inflorescence.

Guaricattonia Morse Code

Haraella retrocalla. A single flower held between two fingers. The lip is large and has a fringed edge. The lip is a greenish yellow color with three large maroon spots. The petals and sepals are yellow.

Haraella retrocalla

Laeliocattleya Canhamiana coerulea 'Azure Sky'. Two large flowers. The lip is a mid purple with a light yellow throat with fine purple lines. The two petals are a mid-lavender color with slightly rippled edges. The three sepals are a light lavender color.

Laeliocattleya Canhamina coerulea ‘Azure Sky’

Lepanthes caladictyon. A single leaf with a small flower in the center. The leaf has a heart shape with a wavy edge. The leaf has an emerald green color with patterns of darker green veins. The flower sits in the center of the leaf. The flower has a brick red lip and light orange petals and sepals.

Lepanthes caladictyon

Lepanthes caladictyon. A single leaf with a small flower in the center. The leaf has a heart shape with a wavy edge. The leaf has an emerald green color with patterns of darker green veins. The flower sits in the center of the leaf. The flower has a brick red lip and light orange petals and sepals.

Lepanthes caladictyon

Macroclinium dalstroenii. A single inflorescence of many small flowers. The flowers have a crystalline appearance and the lip has a light pink base color with darker pink spots.

Macroclinium dalstroenii

Neofinetia falcata. A single inflorescence with five white flowers. Each flower has a long curved nectary.

Neofinetia Falcata, Amami Island

Paphiopedilum druryi. A single flower on the inflorescence. The lip is yellow. The two petals are yellow-green with a brown stripe down the center and a dusting of small brown spots. The dorsal sepal is apple green with darker green veins and a broad brown stripe down the center.

Paphiopedilum druryi

Paphiopedilum Lady Isabel. An upright inflorescence with 3 open flowers. The lip is a mid-pink overlaid with darker pink veins. The 2 petals hang down and are ivory white with maroon spots and stripes. The dorsal sepal is ivory white with strong maroon stripes.

Paphiopedilum Lady Isabel

Phragmipedium besseae flavum. A single flower and one bud. The flower is a soft yellow color and the pouch is yellow overlaid with blush pink patterns

Phragmipedium besseae flavum

Phragmipedium (no name). An inflorescence with 1 open flower and 1 bud. The flower has a pink pouch with yellow and pink spots. The 2 petals are in a horseshoe pattern and have a light yellow center and mid-pink edges. The dorsal sepal is a light yellow.

Phragmipedium no ID

Phragmipedium Olaf Gruss. A single light yellow flower with a light dusting of small purple spots.

Phragmipedium Olaf Gruss

Phragmipedium Olaf Gruss

Prosavola Ethyle. A spray of 5 flowers. The lips are white with purple dots, and the petals and sepals are a light green.

Prosavola Ethyle

Rhyncholaelia Cinnamon Sticks. A single large Cattleya flower with a large magenta lip with bright yellow veins, 2 large petals with a yellow base color overlaid with magenta dots and 3 yellow petals.

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Cinnamon Sticks

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Bulbophyllum species - no name. A single inflorescence with over two dozen small yellow flowers. The inflorescence curves down from the bottom of a pseudobulb. The flowers are tightly packed along the length of the inflorescence.
Bulbophyllum no name, possibly grandiflorum. The three sepals are large and yellow. The sepals cover the lip from view. The two petals are small and yellow.
Phragmipedium Hannah-Popow type (no name). A single pink flower. The pouch is a dark pink color. The two petals are dark pink on the top half and a lighter pink on the bottom half. The dorsal sepal is also pink.
Phragnipedium Grande-type (no name). A single flower with two long dangling pink petals. The pouch is a light brown with a white center with brown spots. The dorsal sepal has ruffled edges and is a very light green color.
Brassia no name. A single inflorescence with over eight large spidery flowers. The lip is a light yellow with dark spots. The petals and sepals are long and skinny. They are a mid green with dark brown spots.
Phalaenopsis no name. A single flower. The lip is yellow and purple. The petals and sepals are yellow overlaid with an orange and purple blush.
Dendrobium no name. A single inflorescence with six flowers. The lip is mostly purple with a white center. The petals and sepals are purple.
Cattleya no name. A plant with four large semi-alba flowers. The lip is a steely purple with yellow markings in the throat. The two petals are ruffled. The petals and sepals are pure white.