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Species Appreciation Gallery
Many varied and interesting orchids are seen at the Species Appreciation Group meetings and some of the more recently seen are shown below.
Photos courtesy of Jon Cara.
January 2023 meeting

Brassavola nodosa

Bulbophyllum affine

Bulbophyllum cornutum

Bulbophyllum sibuyanense

Bulbophyllum smitinandii

Bulbophyllum sumatranum

Dendrobium devonianum

Dendrobium helix 'Mushroom Pink'

Dendrobium linguella

Dienia ophrydis

Domingoa purpurea

Epidendrum ciliare

Gongora aromatica

Maxillaria valenzuelana

Phalaenopsis decumbens

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var champornensis (alba)

Prosthechea cochleata

Rhynchostylis retusa

Smitinandia helferi

Staurochilus loherianus

Trichoglottis seidenfadenii
March 2023 meeting

Bulbophyllum echinolabium

Bulbophyllum tollenoniferum

Ceratostylis retisquama

Dendrobium bracteosum

Dendrobium monophyllum

Epidendrum viviparum

Maxillaria valenzuelana

Micropera pallida

Miltonia regnellii

Miltonia spectabilis

Mormolyca ringens

Paphiopedilum primulinum

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi x sibling

Phalaenopsis decumbens

Phalaenopsis fasciata

Phalaenopsis micholitzii

Phalaenopsis pulchra

Phalaenopsis tetraspis 'Green'

Phalaenopsis venosa 'Dark'

Phalaenopsis violacea 'Blue'

Phalaenopsis violacea (Soild Purple form)

Pomatocalpa marsupiale

Stenoglottis longifolia

May 2023 meeting

Acampa rigida

Aerangis biloba

Bulbophyllum cupreum

Bulbophyllum lasiochilum

Bulbophyllum longissimum

Bulbophyllum maxillare (syn Bulbophyllum blumei)

Ceratostylis radiata

Coelogyne ovalis

Coelogyne speciosa subsp fimbriata

Cymbidium finlaysonianum

Cymbidium finlaysonianum

Dendrobium mutabile

Dendrochilum arachnites (Coelogyne arachnites)

Dendrochilum cootesii (Coelogyne cootesii)

Dendrochilum hampelii (Coelogyne hampelii) 'Pink'

Dendrochilum uncatum (Coelogyne uncatum)

Epidendrum porpax

Epidendrum nocturnum

Gastrochilus obliquus

Gomesa radicans

Liparis latifolia

Maxillaria hedwigiae

Maxillaria schunkeana

Neobenthamia gracilis

Oncidium sotoanum
July 2023 meeting

Coelogyne eberhardtii


Coelogyne nivea (Dendrochilum niveum)

Coelogyne sulphurea

Coelogyne sulphurea

Coelogyne veronicae (Dendrochilum veronicae)

Coelogyne wenzelii (Dendrochilum wenzelii fma aurantianum)

Coelogyne wenzelii (Dendrochilum wenzelii)

Dendrobium rigidum

Dendrobium striolatum subsp banksii

Isabelia pulchella

Mediocalcar decoratum

Phalaenopsis rimestadiana

Rhynchostylis gigantea

Rhynchostylis gigantea
September 2023 Meeting

Vanda christensoniana

Guarianthe aurantiaca

Guarianthe aurantiaca 'Red'

Cattleya intermedia

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) glumacea

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) longifolium

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) odorata

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) sp santosii

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) sp uniforum

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) sphacelata

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) yuccaefolium

Coelogyne speciosa

Dendrobium aphyllum

Dendrobium calamiforme

Dendrobium keithii

Dendrobium kingianum

Dendrobium lichenastrum 'Steve'

Dendrobium lindleyi

Dendrobium polyanthum

Dendrobium prenticei

Dendrobium prenticei

Dendrobium rhombeum

Dendrobium schoeninum

Dendrobium trilamellatum('Lockhart' x 'Andoom')

Guarianthe skinneri 'alba'
November 2023 meeting

Aerides flabellata

Anguloa clowesii

Brassia gireoudiana

Bulbophyllum graveolens

Cischweinfia dasyandra

Coelogyne velutina

Dendrobium antennatum

Dendrobium christyanum

Dendrobium chryseum

Dendrobium distichum

Dendrobium lancifolium

Dendrobium lichenastrum

Dendrobium moschatum

Dendrobium stratiotes

Dendrobium sylvanum

Dendrobium tapiniense

Dendrobium wassellii

Dienia ophrydis

Encyclia alata (Green Form)

Encyclia bractescens

Encyclia seidelii

Erycina pusilla

Isochilus linearis

Lycaste aromatica

Maxillaria tenuifolia
April 2024 meeting

Angraecum calceolus

Ceratostylis retisquama

Cleisostoma fuerstenbergianum

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) wenzelii

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) wenzelii

Dendrobium bigibbum var. schroederianum

Dendrobium dearei

Dendrobium exile

Eria hyacinthoides

Erycina pusilla

Habenaria rhodocheila

Macodes petola

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi forma chattaladae

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var champornensis

Phalaenopsis rimestadiana (syn Phalaenopsis pleihary)

Phalaenopsis violacea

Spathoglottis unguiculata

Zelenkoa onusta
June 2024 meeting

Cattleya percivaliana

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) convallariaeforme 'Yellow'

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) convallariaeforme

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) perplexa

Coelogyne (syn Dendrochilum) javieriana

Coelogyne eberhardtii

Coelogyne eberhardtii

Dendrobium bracteosum

Encyclia osmantha

Guarianthe hennisiana

Maxillaria variabilis 'Red'

Maxillaria variabilis 'Red'

Pelatantheria insectifera

Polystachya galeata

Prosthechea cochleata

Arpophyllum giganteum

Bletilla striata

Cattleya walkeriana

Ceratostylis radiata

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) glumaceum

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) longifolium

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) rhombophorum

Coelogyne viscosa

Dendrobium bilobum

Dendrobium canaliculatum

Dendrobium carronii

Dendrobium gracilicaule

Dendrobium leporinum

Dendrobium mirbelianum

Dendrobium terengganuensis

Dendrobium teretifolium

Dendrobium tetragonum var tetragonum

Dendrobium trilamellatum

Dinema polybulbon

Ludisia discolor

Maxillaria bicallosa (Inti bicallosa)

Maxillaria densa

Maxillaria porphyrostele

Maxillaria variabilis

Phalaenopsis amabilis var rosenstromii
August 2024 meeting
May 2025 meeting

Bifrenaria aureofulva

Brassavola nodosa

Bulbophyllum longissimum

Cattleya maxima

Ceratostylis radiata

Cleisostoma tenuifolium

Coelogyne trinervis

Coelogyne speciosa 'Green'

Dendrobium exile

Dendrobium auriculatum

Dendrobium baileyi

Habenaria roebelenii

Liparis viridiflora

Liparis viridiflora (Cestichis pendula)

Maxillaria nasuta

Oberonia insectifera (attenuata)

Oberonia insectifera (attenuata)

Paphiopedilum liemianum

Paphiopedilum primulinum f. purpurascens

Pelatantheria insectifera

Pleurothallis striata

Polystachya galeata
July 2025 meeting

Cattleya percivaliana

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) brevilabre

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) javierianum

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) pseudowenzelii

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) pseudowenzelii

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) stenophyllum

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) veronicae

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) wenzellii

Coelogyne [Dendrochilum] propinquum

Coelogyne longirachis

Coelogyne speciosa 'Green'

Cymbidium sinense var. formosa

Dendrobium polysema

Dendrobium rigidum

Dendrobium speciosum

Dinema polybulbon

Jumellea stenophylla (syn. Jumellea gracilipes)

Maxillaria[Brasiliorchis.] kautskyi

Maxillaria[Brasiliorchis.] kautskyi

Phalaenopsis (Polychiilos) amboinensis

Phalaenopsis [Polychilos] venosa

Phalaenopsis pallens

Phalaenopsis pallens

Pleurothallis [Acronia] matudana

Pleurothallis [Ancipitia] niveoglobula
September 2025 meeting

Cattleya intermedia var. orlata

Coelogyne cobbianum

Dendrobium nindii

Dendrobium lindleyi

Dendrobium [syn. Aporum] aloifolium

Dendrobium amethystoglossum

Dendrobium bullenianum

Dendrobium canaliculatum

Dendrobium discolor

Dendrobium lindleyi 'Orange'

Dendrobium moniliforme

Gongora histrionica

Liparis[syn. Cestichis.] spectabilis

Ludisia discolor

Paphiopedilum liemianum

Phalaenopsis mannii

Phalaenopsis philippinensis

Vanda christensoniana

Vanda lamellata var. remediosa
November 2025 meeting

Coelogyne celebensis

Coelogyne confusa

Coelogyne marmorata

Coelogyne (Dendrochiilum) latifolium

Coelogyne (Dendrochilum) pangasinanense

Dendrobium ellipsophyllum

Dendrobium lindleyi

Dendrobium parishii h.f. semialbum

Encyclia alata

Encyclia osmantha

Epidendrum cristatum

Lycaste cruenta

Maxilaria tenuifolia

Prosthechea trulla

Rhyncostylis retusa

Spathoglottis unguiculata

Trichoglottis fasciata

Trichoglttis loheriana

Vanda ampullacea

Vanda densioniana 'Brighton Stock'

Vanda densioniana 'Gold Moon'
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