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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.
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32 Accessions:

Acianthera aphthosa Gongora rufescens Maxillariella tenuifolia Pinalia copelandii

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  • {1} Bulbophyllum longiflorum - The Long Flowered Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
  • {1} Bulbophyllum sandersonii - Sanderson's Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
  • {1} Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum - Dwarf Rock Orchid - Orchidaceae
  • {2} Vanda brunnea - The Light Brown Vanda - Orchidaceae
  • {3} Vanda unidentified - Orchidaceae
  • {4} Gongora histrionica - The Enchanting Gongora - Orchidaceae
  • {4} Pleurothallis gargantua - The Giant Pleurothallis - Orchidaceae
  • {4} Stanhopea assidensis (tigrina x wardii) - naturally occuring hybrid of S. tigrina x S. wardii - Orchidaceae
  • {4} Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea - The Black Purple Stanhopea - Orchidaceae
  • {5} Cymbidium aloifolium - The Aloe-Leafed Cymbidium - Orchidaceae
  • {5} Kefersteinia tolimensis - The Tolima Kefersteinia - Orchidaceae
  • {5} Stanhopea marizana - Mariza's Stanhopea - Orchidaceae
  • {5} Stanhopea nigripes - The Black-Column Foot Stanhopea - Orchidaceae
  • {6} Pinalia copelandii - Copeland's Eria - Orchidaceae
  • {6} Vanda unidentified - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Acianthera aphthosa - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Coelogyne rochussenii - Rouchussen's Coelogyne - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Dendrochilum convallariiforme - Lilly Of the Valley-Like Dendrochilum - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Dendrochilum convallariiforme - The Lilly Of the Valley-Like Dendrochilum - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Pleurothallis longipedicellata - The Long-Pedicelled Pleurothallis - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Restrepiella ophiocephala - Snake's Head Restrepiella - Orchidaceae
  • {7} Stanhopea platyceras - The Blunt-Broad Horn Stanhopea - Orchidaceae
  • {8} Gongora rufescens - The Light Fox-Red Gongora - Orchidaceae
  • {9} Oncidium sphacelatum - The Burnt Spot Oncidium - Orchidaceae
  • {10} Maxillariella tenuifolia - The Coconut Orchid - Orchidaceae
  • {11} Bulbophyllum annamense - Annam Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
  • {11} Bulbophyllum cheiri - The Hand Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
  • {11} Bulbophyllum corolliferum - Orchidaceae
  • {11} Bulbophyllum flammuliferum - Flame-Carrying Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
  • {12} Bulbophyllum macrochilum - Large-Lipped Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
  • {12} Bulbophyllum picturatum - The Striking Bulbophyllum - Orchidaceae
  • {13} 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
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