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SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Currently Featured Orchids

This page shows currently featured orchids from the EEB Greenhouse Collection. Many of these plants should have interpretive signage in place and their current locations are depicted on the map at the bottom of this page. Features will change seasonally.
Greenhouse Locator Map:

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10 Accessions:

Angraecum sesquipedale Bletilla striata Dendrobium nakaharae Eulophia petersii Jumellea arachnantha Myrmecophila tibicinis Stanhopea oculata Vanilla planifolia Vanilla pompona Zygopetalum maculatum

Number in parentheses references locator map icons

  • {1} Vanilla pompona - Vanilla Orchid - Orchidaceae
  • {2} Eulophia petersii - Peters' Eulophia - Orchidaceae
  • {3} Bletilla striata - Hyacinth Orchid - Orchidaceae
  • {4} Angraecum sesquipedale - Darwin's Orchid - Orchidaceae
  • {5} Jumellea arachnantha - Spider Flowered Jumellea - Orchidaceae
  • {6} Stanhopea oculata - Eye Spot Stanhopea - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Myrmecophila tibicinis - Fluteplayer's Schomburgkia - Orchidaceae
  • {8} Zygopetalum maculatum - Zygopetalum - Orchidaceae
  • {9} Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid - Orchidaceae
  • {10} Dendrobium nakaharae - The Waxen Flower Epigeneium - Orchidaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
= Currently Flowering
= Image(s) Available
= map available for this accession
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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