RHH's photos with the keyword: effusiella

Also known as Pleurothallis cypripedioides or Stelis cypripedioides, this charming little orchid hails from Ecuador and Peru. The name "cypripedioides" refers to the flowers' fancied resemblance to the flowers of a Lady's Slipper, a Cypripedium. The flowers are lined with hairs which can be seen more clearly in the photo below. What purpose these hairs serve I do not know but I assume they have something to do with polloination.

A small orchid species from Costa Rica. The plant is about five inches tall and each of these flowers about half an inch. This is the sixth post in my series of orchid shots on a dark background, all orchids I grow.

One of my favorite orchids has recently come into bloom. Effusiella amparoana belongs to a group of Central and South American orchids known as Pleurothallids. This miniature plant is about six inches tall with narrow upright leaves and six inch nodding spikes of flowers. The flowers, up to 15 per flower spike, are the interesting part of the plant. Each flower is about 3/8-1/2 inch in size and looks like a translucent hairy green toilet bowl with the lid up. The bowl-shaped, joined lower sepals and the upper sepal are lined with white hairs that are revealed when the flower opens. The plant has also been classified as Specklinia amparoana and Pleurothallis amparoana, is native to Costa Rica and Panama, and is named after a Costa Rican orchidist, Dona Amparo de Celedon. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2011/09/effusiella-amparoana-revisited.html

Formerly identified as a Pleurothallis, this species is from Panama and Costa Rica.

Formerly identified as a Pleurothallis, this species is from Panama and Costa Rica.

Native to Mexico. Formerly classified as Pleurothallis resupinata.

This small orchid hails from Costa Rica and belongs to the large group of Central and South American orchids known as Pleurothallids. It used to be classified as Pleurothallis amparoana, but its name was recently changed. The individual flowers are about one cm in size but are carried on spikes of 10-12 flowers. We refer to it around here as the "Hairy Toilet Bowl Orchid." I have no idea what function the hairs serve, except that they probably have something to do with pollination. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2011/09/effusiella-amparo...

Effusiella or Pleurothallis cypripediodes is named for the fancied resemblance of its flowers to those of the Lady's Slipper. It is a small plant, two to three inches tall with flowers that are less than half an inch in size. The flowers bloom successively on thin pendant spikes that produce flowers over a very long period of time. It is from Ecuador and Peru. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2012/08/effusiella-cyprip...