Orchid Walkway Research 2010Flickr

Anguloa uniflora (boat orchid, tulip orchid) was named in honor of Don Francisco de Angulo, Director-General of Mines, in Peru, at the end of the 18th century. The tulip orchid usually blooms in the spring and in the summer. ... A six inch monopodial plant from Thailand, Ascocentrum curvifolium has a full spray of half-inch, orange-red flowers. The offspring have the small plant size of the ascocentrum combined with the larger flower size of the vanda. ...