Orchids of the @UniTurku

Biodiversity Unit, Botanical Garden. #biodiversity #utubiodiversity #orchids #ruissalo #wildorchids

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@J_artifon @PetrovichBilly @UniTurku No flowers so far

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Our newcomer - a native in Peru and a legally acquired precious Phragmipedium kovachii - really species, not hybrid. This has been potted today and hopefully we can take care of it. @UniTurku #utubotgar #phragmipediumkovachii #orchids

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Pearce’s Phragmipedium - Phragmipedium pearcei - named for the English orchid collector who travelled in South America. This is a newcomer in our collection from 2017. @UniTurku #utubotgar #phragmipedium #orchids

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My flowers carry cinnamon scent and they are now open. Stanhopea ruckeri is native to Mexico and Central America. #stanhopea #utubotgar @UniTurku #VisitRuissalo #orchids

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#Stanhopea hernandezii has been given to the Botanic Garden of University of Turku in 1983. It was growing in the greenhouse of Kultaranta - The President of the Republic of Finland’s summer residence. #utubotgar @UniTurku #stanhopeahernandezii #kultaranta

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Spider Orchids' (Pic. Brassia pozoi) flowers mimic spiders to attract female spider wasps to pollinate its flowers. Flowers are showy and attracting chemicals unique. @UtuOrchids #utubotgar #orchids #Brassia #wildorchids Photo: Janne Aho

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Father Sodiro's Dracula - Luis Sodiro was a Jesuit priest and field botanist. I'm an Ecuadorian and terrestial. My long tails are landing places for flies which visit in my flowers. @UniTurku #utubotgar #orchids #Dracula #ruissalo #botanicalgarden #wildorchids

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Epidendrum medusae - a little gem from Ecuador. I was named by Prof. Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer who dedicated to the classification of the Orchidaceae. Photo: Janne Aho #epidendrummedusae #ruissalo #turku #botanicalgarden #orchids #utubotgar #biodiversity

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The pleasant fragrance always tells that one of our Stanhopeas is flowering in our Neotropical Section. And you start searching for the flowers - this time it’s Satanhopea martiana from SW Mexico. #utu #utubotgar #botanicgarden #ruissalo #stanhopeamartiana

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Oncidium wyattianum from Peru. Rev. Paul Wyatt,
of Bedford, England, received a plant which was named after him. #utu #orchids #ruissalo #botanicgarden #oncidumwyattianum

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Morley's Dracula
Dracula morleyi is named after Dr. Morley Read - researcher and biologist resident in Ecuador -
a cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 1900m
Photo: Janne Aho
#utu #orchids #dracula #ruissalo #botanicgarden

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Coelogyne cristata-lumikuningatar-"Snow Queen"
It's ablolutely stunning right now. This is not the hardest one to grow but to get it perfect you have to find the right conditions in your own growing environment.
#utu #orchids #coelogynecristata #botanicgarden #ruissalo #ruissalo

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@ilarisaaksjarvi @UniTurku @NaantaliK Reipasta mieltä ja menoa!

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Star - Jewel
Our ”Christmas Star” #angraecum appeared just too late. Some of the flowers have already started to fade. There are more flowers than ever before - Thanks for our Janne. #
Photo: Simo Laine

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Proud of myself

Yes, I know I have a small, white, funny looking nose. But without I wouldn’t be me, the original one.

My name is #Restrepia schizosepala and I come from the misty cloud forests in northeastern Ecuador. My home. 💚

I'm 3 cm long

Photo: Janne Aho

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Jewel flowers of the Andean cloud forests 🏵

The flower of #Pleurothallis calceolaris emerges in the center of the leaf.

Colombia, cloud forests at elevation of 2200 meters.

Flower size 1.5 cm.

Photo: Janne Aho

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Some sensibility and charm from Colombia 💚

#Lepanthes nicolasii, cloud forests at high altitudes

Flower 1.5 cm high

Photo: Janne Aho

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Some sensibility and charm from Venezuela

#Lepanthes imitator, southeastern Ecuador at elevations around 2150 to 2480 meters, cloud forests

Flower size 8 mm

Photo: Janne Aho

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Dragon fly 🧡

This impressive looking, large-flowered (14 cm) #Maxillaria striata is home to the cloud forests of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Found at altitudes of 850-2300 meters on mossy tree trunks.

Photo: Janne Aho

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Hairy water catcher 💦

The fog blown by the wind is trapped between the hairs of the flower and leaves and adheres to the plant in the form of small droplets for survival. 💦

Dresslerella caesariata, flower 1.3 cm, leaves 4-7 cm, Ecuador

Photo: Janne Aho