SPECIAL COLLECTION:
Donations from the Estate of Denis Roessiger
The plants on this list were generously donated to the EEB Biodiversity Greenhouse Collections in June 2016 by the estate of the late Denis Roessiger of Penobscot, Maine.
- Penobscot Man Nurtures Lifelong Love of Orchids in The Ellsworth American, September 8th 2009.
Greenhouse Locator Map:
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19 Accessions:
Number in parentheses references locator map icons
- {1} Pleurothallis longipedicellata - The Long-Pedicelled Pleurothallis - Orchidaceae
- {2} Stanhopea assidensis (tigrina x wardii) - naturally occuring hybrid of S. tigrina x S. wardii - Orchidaceae
- {2} Stanhopea platyceras - The Blunt-Broad Horn Stanhopea - Orchidaceae
- {2} Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea - The Black Purple Stanhopea - Orchidaceae
- {3} Restrepiella ophiocephala - Orchidaceae
- {4} Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum - Dwarf Rock Orchid - Orchidaceae
- {5} Cymbidium aloifolium - The Aloe-Leafed Cymbidium - Orchidaceae
- {5} Oncidium sphacelatum - The Burnt Spot Oncidium - Orchidaceae
- {6} Pinalia copelandii - Copeland's Eria - Orchidaceae
- {7} Bulbophyllum flammuliferum - Flame-Carrying Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
- {8} Coelogyne rochussenii - Rouchussen's Coelogyne - Orchidaceae
- {8} Gongora rufescens - The Light Fox-Red Gongora - Orchidaceae
- {9} Maxillaria tenuifolia - The Coconut Orchid - Orchidaceae
- {10} Bulbophyllum annamense - Annam Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
- {10} Bulbophyllum cheiri - The Hand Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
- {10} Bulbophyllum corolliferum - Orchidaceae
- {10} Bulbophyllum longiflorum - The Long Flowered Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
- {11} Bulbophyllum lepidum - Venus' Fan Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
- {12} Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest - Narrowleaf Air Plant - Bromeliaceae
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