Bulbophyllum sterile

Porpax reticulata

Dendrobium herbaceum

Bulbophyllum fimbriatum

Dendrobium crepidatum

Inflorescence: One to two flowers arising from the nodes of leafless canes that have just finished growth in the previous season.

Flowers: Pale pink and about an inch across with a contrasting yellow throat. The flowers on this particular variety lasted just a day.

Plant habit: Drooping epiphyte whose pseudobulbs(canes) initially grow upright but then droop under the weight of the cane.

Altitude: Above 1000 metres asl.

Flowering time: March to April.

Fragrance: None.

Distribution: Himalayan foothills and Western Ghats.

Heat tolerance: In the plains it does not bloom with many flowers. It is an intermediate plant.

Smithsonia straminea

Coelogyne breviscapa

Inflorescence:  Arching to drooping few-flowered raceme with 3-5 flowers.

Flowers:  3/4 of an inch across and white in colour. There are two fine crenate(zigzag) calli along the length of the lip which have yellow tips and end about 0.5 cm short of the lip tip.

Plant Habit:  Sympodial epiphyte with inverted cone-shaped pseudobulbs terminating in two thin long leaves.

Altitude:  Found at about 900 metres asl upwards.

Flowering time:  February-March.

Fragrance: None.

Distribution: Southern India(Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka.

Heat tolerance: Among the Coelogynes of South India it is the most heat tolerant.

Dendrobium ovatum 'pink'