Crestless Plume Orchid (Orthochilus ecristatus)
A location in Lee County has well over a hundred of these unusual tall orchids growing in two distinct colonies. The location will remain undisclosed as these orchids are becoming very rare at an alarming rate.
- Copyright
- © 2009
- Image Size
- 2000x3008 / 2.8MB
- Keywords
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- Contained in galleries
- Cymbidieae, Cymbidieae