Ghost Orchid visited by Giant Sphinx Moth

Ghost Orchid visited by Giant Sphinx Moth video.

http://audubonmagazine.org/fieldnotes/fieldnotes0711-orchids-webExclusives.html
http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Wildlife/GhostOrchid.html

Orchid conservation organizations

http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/
http://www.orchidconservationalliance.org/
http://www.orchidconservation.org/
http://www.nativeorchid.org/
http://www.bgci.org/
http://www.orchids.org/conservation/ConsCollection.html

Memphis Orchid Society Show and Sale, Part II

Cattleya

Bc. Liliputian Princess

Laelia purpurata v. russeliana

Cattleya Peckhaviensis

Laelia lobata v. alba

Cattleya schofieldiana

Cattleya forbesii

Epi. parkinsoniana

Memphis Orchid Society Show and Sale, Part I

Memphis Orchid Society Show and Sale, May 15, 2009 - May 17, 2009. at Memphis Botanic Garden

Phalaenopsis

Dtps. Happy Cat 'Hello Kitty'

Phal. luddemanniana 'Woodlawn'

Phal. Ming-Hsing 'Yellow Boy'

Phal. Katie Morris

Phal. cornu-cerui

More articles regarding medicinal using of orchids

"Medicinal Orchids: An Overview" by Amritpal Singh and Sanjiv Duggal
http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/leaflets/duggal.htm


"Medicinal Plant Fact Sheet: Cypripedium: Lady’s slipper orchids" by Michael Wilson
http://www.pollinator.org/Resources/Cypripedium.draft.pdf


"Habenaria intermedia D. Don - an Endangered Medicinal Orchid" by R. S. Chauhan, M. C. Nautiyal, and P. Prasad
http://miosjournal.org/journal/2007/10/HabenariaIntermedia.html


"The use of orchids in Chinese medicine" by Christopher J Bulpitt, Yan Li, Pauline F Bulpitt, and Jiguang Wang
http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/100/12/558

Very interesting article "The uses and misuses of orchids in medicine "

We are now aware that medicines need to be tested before being consumed by human beings. Today, this takes the form of experimentation to assess toxicity, and subsequent randomized control trials to assess both efficacy and adverse effects. However, orchid products, the tubers, leaves or flowers, were introduced into medicine with no such testing, and ultimately their use has declined, not through being proven ineffective, but more through lack of evidence and changes in fashion.

This article examines the medicinal uses of orchid plants in the Orient, Europe, the Americas, Australia and Africa, and concludes by examining their usage today.

by C.J. Bulpitt

http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/98/9/625

Myriad Botanical Gardens and Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory, Oklahoma City, OK April 5, 2009

Chysis Chelsonii

Phragmipedium (Grande 4N x caudatum)

Unusual (at least for me) using of orchids (Part 3)

Catasetum barbatum
USES: Whole plant: Decoction washed on the body for a febrifuge by the French Guiana Wayapi.


Epidendrum paniculatum
NAME: FG Wayapi: kwata alapalu.
USES: Same use as given for Catasetum barbatum.


Rodriguezia lanceolata
USES: Same use as given for Catasetum barbatum.


Vanilla pompona
NAMES: Guyana: West Indian vanilla. Surinam: bana banirie, baniri, vanille.
USES: Fruit: In Surinam, fermented fruit is made into vanilla crystals which are put into carapa oil (Carapa guianensis). For poor blood circulation, skin conditions.

Sours: http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/Medicinal_plants_master.pdf