Do you have a plant for sale or trade
which you cannot ship or do not want to bother shippping?
No problem.
Click here to make a local-only offer.
It's a free service to our members.
Orchid Species: Lockhartia lunifera
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Lockhartia lunifera is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in 1852.
DESCRIPTION: A Brazilian epiphyte that is a medium to small, pseudobulbless plant with elongate, 4 to 12[10 to 30 cm], mostly pendant stems that are very close together enveloped completely by numerous, distichous, imbricating, basally clasping, conduplicate, triangular leaves that are bilaterally compressed, densly imbricate and about 1/2 [1.25 cm] long alternately arranged along the stem. The axillary curved flower stalks spring from the apical portion of the stem and have several flowers and are subtended by a concave bract. They bloom in the spring and summer and are very long lasting.
FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [2 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Author is Ken Slump, posted about 4 years ago
Suggestions for Choosing Plants Requiring Minimal Care
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN IDEAL TOPIC for an article. Many of us want to enjoy orchid flowers with a minimum of fuss and I have found that most ...
Read More
Beginners Start Here
Author is Ken Slump, posted over 4 years ago
A 12-Step Plan for Becoming a Successful Orchid Grower
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE ORCHID hobby and perhaps feel you are not enjoying the success with your plants that you had hoped for, read throug...
Read More
Water: The Most Important Nutrient
Author is Roy Tokunaga, posted almost 5 years ago
We take water for granted. It falls out of the sky. It flows from the faucet. Oahu city water is considered good for growing Orchids. We use it without thought or concern.
If you study orch...
Read More