Long and Frequently Blooming Orchids
Compiled by Sydney H. Yearron, Member of the Victoria Orchid Society, Victoria, B.C. Canada
LEGEND
+ Natural Hybrid
I Irregular Characteristics
A - G
GENUS SPECIES BLOOMING CHARACTERISTICS
Acampe
dentata
longifolia (penangiana) (Vanda l) successive
multiflora (Vanda m)
pachyglossa ssp renschiana
papillosa (Saccolabium p)
penangiana (longifolia)
Acanthephippium
sylhetense successive 1 month
Acinita
chrysantha (densa) (Neippergia c)
Ada
aurantiaca
lehmannii
Aerangis
articulata (Angraecum articulatum)
biloba (Angraecum bilobum)
brachycarpa 2-3 weeks
citrata sussessive months
decaryana
ellisii (Angraecum e)
fastuosa (Angraecum fastuosum) 3 weeks
flabellifolia
kotschyana (Angraecum kotschyi)
laurentii
luteo-alba
modesta (Angraecum modestum) 4 weeks
platyphylla 3 weeks
rhodosticta (Angraecum rhodostictum)
somalensis
stylosa 3 weeks
verdickii (Angraecum v)
Holst AER 7 3 weeks
Aeranthes (All)
arachnites (Dendrobium a) 5 months
denticulatum successive
filipes successive to 5 months
grandiflora 5 months
longipes
neoperrieri continuous
Aeranthes (All) payrotti successive months
Hillerman # 148 continuous summer
" # 152 2-3 months
" # 154 1-2 months
Aeranthus
distichus (Angraecum distichum)
Aerides
crassifolium (expansum)
expansum (crassifolium)
falcatum var houlletianum (houlletianum)
houlletianum (falcatum var h)
mitratum (Seidenfadenia m)
quinquevulnerum 2 weeks
japonica (Sediria j)
krabiensis
mitratum
multiflorum
rostratum (Camarotis rostrata)
sulingii (Armodorum s)
vandarum
Alamania
punicea
Amblostoma
armeniaca
Amphliglottis
conopsea (Epidendrum conopseum)
Anacheilon
fragrans (Epidendrum f)
Ancistrochilus
rothschildianum 1 month
thompsonianus
Angraecum (Macroplectum)
arcuatum (Cyrtorchis arcuata)
arnoldianum (eichlerianum)
articulatum (Aerangis articulata)
bilobum (Aerangis biloba)
birrimense
calceolus continuous
caudatus (plectrelminthus c)
comorense
cultriforme several X/year
dendrobiopsis
didieri 3 X/year
distichum (Aeranthes d) several X/year
eburneum (virens) (Limodorum e) (Lycaste e)
" var giryamae (Aeranthes g)
" var superbum (Aeranthes s)
" ssp xerophilum
eichlerianum (arnoldianum)
ellisii (Aerangis e)
equitans
fastuosum (Aerangis fastuosa)
fragrans (Jumellea f)
germinyanum 3 weeks
" var Hillerman # 127
" # 131 3 weeks
" # 132 1 month
humbertii months
humblotii (leonis) (Limodorum h) (Lycaste h)
infundibulare (Mystacidium i)
kotschyi (Aerangis kotschyana)
laurentii
leonis (humblotii) (Comoro Islands form)
luteo-alba
magdalenae 2-3 X/year to 5 weeks
modestum (Aerangis modesta)
pseudofilicornu to 4 weeks
ramosum
rhodostictum (Aerangis r)
rutenbergianum successive
scottianum
sesquipedale (Macroplectum s) (Mystacidium s) 3-4 weeks
sororium
subulatum several X/year
superbum 1 month
" var longicalcar 2 months
verdickii (Aerangis v)
virens (eburneum)
Hillerman #85 6-7 months
Anguloa
uniflora
Ania
penangiana (Tainia p)
Ansellia
africana (gigantea)
" var azorica
Arachnis (Arachnanthe)
cathcartii (Vanda c)
clarkei (Esmeralda c)
flos-aeris (Epidendrum f-a)
hookerianum (Renanthera h)
Armodorum (Arrhynchium)
labrosum (Renanthera labrosa)
sulingii (Aerides s)
Artorima
erubescens (Epidendrum e)
Arundina
graminifolia (bambusifolia) (speciosa) successive
Ascocentrum
curvifolium
hendersonianum (Dyakia h)
Aspasia
variegata (Odontoglossum v)
Barkeria (Epidendrum)
scandens
skinneri (uniflora) 3 months
Batemannia
colleyi (Maxillaria c)
Bifrenaria
harrisoniae (Dendrobium h)
inodora (fragrans) (Lycaste i)
leucorrhoda
tetragona (Lycaste t)
tyriantheria
Bletia
amabilis (reflexa)
canaliculatum (Tetramicra c)
florida (shepherdii)
jongheana (Laelia j)
lyonsii (Laelia l)
nodosa (Brassavola n)
parviflora (Tetramicra p)
reflexa (amabilis)
shepherdii (florida)
Bollea
coelestis (pulvinaris) (Zygopetalum coeleste)
hemixanthe
lalindei (Zygopetalum l)
lawrenceana (Zygopetalum lawrenceanum)
patini
pulvinaris (coelestis)
violacea
Brachycorythis
kalbreyeri weeks
macrantha successive weeks
Brassavola
cordata (subulifolia) several X/year
cucullata (cuspidata)
cuspidata (cucullata)
digbyana (Rhyncholaelia d)
flagellaris
glauca (Rhyncholaelia g)
grandiflora (nodosa)
guttata (maculata)
maculata (guttata)
martiana
nodosa (grandiflora) (Bletia n) several X/year
perrinii
subulifolia (cordata)
Brassia
aristata (verrucosa)
augusta (lawrenceana)
caudata
gireoudiana (Oncidium g) weeks
gutatta (maculata)
lawrenceana (augusta) (Oncidium l)
longissima (lawrenceana var l)
maculata (guttata) weeks
verrucosa (aristata) (Oncidium brachiatum)
Broughtonia
linearis (Coelogyne fimbriata)
sanguinea several X/year
" var aurea several X/year
Bulbophyllum
barbigerum weeks
dearei (godseffianum)
godseffianum (dearei)
grandiflorum (Hyalosema g)
graveolens
globiforme 2-3 weeks
henshalii (lobbii)
imbricatum
lobbii (henshalii)
Cadetia
chionanthe continuous
taylori
Calanthe (all ?)
rubens (Preptanthe r) months
triplicata
vestita (Preptanthe v)
" var regnieri
" var rubro-oculata
volkensii
Callista
albosanguinea (Dendrobium amethystoglossum)
findlayanum (Dendrobium f)
heterocarpum (Dendrobium h)
taurina (Dendrobium taurinum)
Calopogon
pallisus successive
Camarotis
rostrata (purpurea) (Aerides rostratum)
Capanemia
superfua
Catasetum
luxatum (Mormodes l)
pileatum several X/year
Cattleya
aclandiae
alexandrae (elongata)
amethystina (intermedia)
amethystoglossa (porphyroglossa)
anceps (Laelia a)
aurantiaca var marigold
autumnalis (Laelia a)
bicolor weeks
citrina (Encyclia c) 3 weeks
crispa (Laelia c)
elatior (guttata)
elongata (alexandrae)
flava (Laelia f)
flavida (luteola)
forbesii (vestalis) (Maelenia paradoxa)
furfuracea (Laelia f)
granulosa (Epidendrum g)
" forma schofieldiana I
guttata (elatior)
" forma prinzii
" var alba
intermedia (amethystina)
" var alba several X/year
labiata (Laelia l) 3 weeks
" var mendelii (mendelii)
lawrenceana
loddegesii (ovata)
" var harrisoniana
luteola (flavida) 3 X/year
maxima (Epidendrum m)
nobilior (walkeriana var n)
ovata (loddegesii)
perrinii (Laelia p)
porphyroglossa (amethystoglossa)
pumila (Laelia p)
purpurata (Laelia p)
regnellii (schilleriana)
schilleriana (regnellii) several X/year
" var superba
superba (violacea)
superbiens (Laelia s)
tibicinis (Laelia t)
vestalis (forbesii)
violacea (superba) 2/3 X/year
walkeriana
walkeriana var alba several X/year
" var nobilior (nobilior)
Cattleyopsis
ortgeisiana successive
Caularthron (Diacrum)
bicornutum (Epidendrum b)
Centrogenium
setaceum (Pelexia setacea)
Centroglossum
macroceras weeks
Ceratostylis
retisquana several X/year
nubra
Chelonanthera (Coelogyne)
speciosa
Chondroryncha
aromatica (Zygopetalum aromaticum)
discolor (Warrea d)
marginata (Zygopetalum fragrans)
Chysis
aurea
" var bractescens (bractescens)
" forma lemminghei (lemminghei)
bractescens (aurea var b) (Thorvaldsenia speciosa)
costaricensis (laevis)
laevis (costaricensis)
lemminghei (aruea var l)
Chytroglossum
aurita 1 month
Cirrhaea
dependens
Cleisostoma
ionosmum (Tricoglottis i)
roseum (Tricoglottis rosea)
Cleistes I
rosea (Pogonia r)
Coelogyne
barbata
corymbosa
cristata
cummingii
dayana (quadrangularis)
elata
fimbriata (Broughtonia linearis) I
flaccida
fuscesens
nitida (ocellata)
ocellata (nitida)
prolifera
quadrangularis (dayana)
speciosa (Chelonanthera s)
" var salmonicolor (salmonicolor)
Colax
jugosus (Maxillaria jugosa)
parkeri (Maxillaria p)
Comparettia
macroplectrum 2-3 weeks
Cottonia
macrostachya
Cuitlauzina
pendula (Odontoglossum pendulum)
Cycnoches
chlorochilon (ventricosum var. chlorochilon)
ventricosum
" var chlorochilon (chlorochilon)
" var warscewiczii (warscewiczii)
Cymbidiella
flabellata (perrier) (Limodorum flabellatum)
humblotii (Cymbidium h)
perrier (flabellata)
rhodochila (Cymbidium rhodochilum) weeks
Cymbidium
angolense (Eulophia angolensis)
devonianum
eburneum (syringodorum)
ensifolium complex (Epidendrum e)
floribundum several X/year
giganteum (lowianum) (Irridorchis gigantea)
grandiflorum (hookerianum)
hookerianum (grandiflorum)
humblotii (Cymbidiella h)
lancifolium
lowianum (giganteum)
pumilum
rhodochilum (Cymbidiella rhodochila)
syringodorum (eburneum)
Cynorchis
lowianum
Cypripedium
acaule 3 weeks
argus (Paphiopedilum a)
chamberlainianum (Paphiopedilum c)
charlesworthii (Paphiopedilum c)
fairrieanum (Paphiopedilum f)
haynaldianum (Paphiopedilum h)
longifolium (Phragmipedium l)
mastersianum (Paphiopedilum m)
purpuratum (Paphiopedilum p)
rothschildianum (Paphiopedilum r)
Cyrtidium
rhomboglossum
Cyrtochilum
loxense (Oncidium l)
macranthum (Oncidium m)
maculatum (Oncidium m)
Cyrtopodium
andersoni (glutiniferum)
paludicolum successive
virescens
Cyrtorchis
arcuata (Angraecum arcuatum) 4 weeks
" ssp variabilis to 3 weeks
praetermissa
Dendrobium
acuminatum (Epigeneium a)
aduncum
aeries
affine (Onychium a)
agathodaemonis (cuthbertsonii)
albosanguineum
alboviride (scabrilingue)
alexandrae 4 weeks
amethystoglossum (Callista a)
anceps
andersoni (draconis)
antennatum (d'albertisii) 7 months
aphyllum (cucullatum) (pierardii)
arachnites (Aeranthes a)
arcuatum several X/year
ashworthiae (atroviolaceum)
asperfolium
astrosanguineum
atractodes (heterocarpum)
atromarginatum
atroviolaceum (ashworthiae) 6 months
augustae-victoriae (lineale)
aurantiroseum 1 month
bellatulum 3 weeks
bifalce (breviracemosum)
bigibbum several X/year
" var phalaenopsis (phalaenopsis)
" SSP bigibbum var bigibbum
" var compactum
" var superbum
boxallii (grattiosissimum)
bracteosum 4 months
breviracemosum (bifalce)
bullerianum (grattiosissimum)
cambridgeanum (ochreatum)
canaliculatum
caninum (cretaceum)
chrysanthum (paxtoni) 2 weeks
chrysotoxum (suavissimum)
coelogyne (Epigeneium c)
coerulescens (nobile)
convolutum
crassinode (pendulum)
crepidatum (lawanum)
" var assamicum
cretaceum (caninum)
cruentum several X/year
cucullatum (aphyllum)
cuthbertsonii (agathodaemonis) (fulgidum) (sophronitis) to 8 months
d'albertesii (antennatum)
dearei
delacourii 1 month
devonianum (pictum)
dichaeoides 2 months 2 X/year
dillonianum 6 weeks
discolor (undulatum)
draconis (andersoni) 3 weeks
engae 2 months
eximum
falconeri
falcorostrum 2-3 weeks
findlayanum (Callista findlayana)
fitchianum
fitzgeraldii (superbiens)
flexuosum (longicornu)
forbesii 8 weeks
formosum 4 weeks
" var gigantea
friedericksonianum
fulgidum (cuthbertsonii)
fuscatum (gibsonii)
gibsonii (fuscatum)
gracilicaule 4 weeks
grattiosissimum (boxallii) (bullerianum)
harrisoniae (Bifrenaria h)
helix several X/year
hellwigianum (nobile)
hercoglossum
heterocarpum (atractodes) (aureum) (rhombeum) (Callista h)
hildebrandii (signatum)
infundibulum Ldl
johannis
kingianum successive to 8 weeks
laniniferum
lawanum (crepidatum)
lawesii months
leonis continuous
licheneola
lineale (augustae-victoriae)
lindleyanum (nobile)
lituiflorum
loddigesii (pulchellum Lodd)
longicornu (flexosum)
lowii
luteolum
microbulbon weeks
miyakei
moorei several X/year
moyobambae
mutabile (rigidum) 2 weeks
nobile (coerulescens) (hellwigeanum) (lindleyanum) (wallichianum)
" var pallidiflorum (primulinum)
obligophyllum (ticei)
ochreatum (cambridgeanum)
pantiferum
parishii
paxtoni (chryanthum)
pendulum (crassinode)
pierardii (aphyllum)
phalaenopsis 2/3 months
polyphlebium (rhodopterygium)
prasinum
primulinum (nobile var pallidiflorum)
" var giganteum
prismatocarpa
pseudoglomeratum 2 months
pulchellum Lodd (loddigesii)
pyriforme (Encyclia pyriformis)
quadrangulare continuous
regium
revolutum continuous
rhodopterygium (polyphlebium)
rhombeum (heterocarpum)
rigidum (mutabile)
scabrilingue (alboviride)
schuetzei
secundum sev X/year
senile
signatum (hildebrandii)
smilliae
sophronitis (cuthbertsonii)
speciosum 2-3 weeks
spectabile months
stratiotes several X/year
strebloceras
suavissumum (chrysotoxum)
subclausum
supelausum var pandonicola
+ superbiens (fitzgeraldii) successive
tangerine
tapinense 3 months
taurinum (Callista taurina)
teretifolium 1 month
tetragonum var gigantea 2/3 X/year
ticei (obligophyllum)
trachyphyllum
trigonopus months
trilamellatum
unicum
uniflorum continuous
vexillarius to 6 months
victoriae-reginae
violaceum 6 months
wallichianum (nobile)
wardianum
wardiosissimum 6 weeks
wigibbum 2-3 weeks
williamsoni
womersleyi continuous
Dendrochilum (Acoridium) I
cobbianum (Platyclinis cobbiana)
filiforme (Platyclinis filiformis)
Desmotrichum
cymbidioides (Epigeneium c)
Diaphananthe
rutilla several X/year
Dinema
polybulbon (Epidendrum p)
Disa
crassicornis (macrantha)
macrantha (crassicornis)
tripetaloides
uniflora
Domingoa
hymenodes
Doritis
alatum majus
pulcherrima successive
pulcherrima var. champonensis
Dracula
astuta
bella several X/year
erythrochaete continuous summer
felix 5 weeks
gaskelliana successive
gongora successive 6 months
psittacina weeks
pusilla successive
simula
sodiroi months
Dyakia
hendersonianum (Ascocentrum h)
Dryadella
edwallii
simula several X/year
simulatrix several X/year
zebrina
Encyclia
acicularis (Epidendrum aciculare)
adenocaulis (nemoralis) (Epidendrum a) 6 weeks
alata (Epidendrum alatum)
alboxanthina
altissima (Epidendrum altissimum)
aromatica (Epidendrum aromaticum) 5 weeks
bifida (Psychilus b)
boothianum (Epidendrum b)
bractescens (acicularis)
chloroleuca (Epidendrum chloroleucum)
citrina (Cattleya c)
cochleata (Epidendrum cochleatum) successive months
cordigera (Epidendrum cordigerum)
dichroma
erubescens (Epidendrum e)
gracilis (Epidendrum gracile)
mariae
memoralis (adenocaulis) (Epidendrum memorale)
odoratissima (Epidendrum o)
oncidioides (Epidendrum o)
phoenicea (Epidendrum phoeniceum)
plicata (Epidendrum plicatum)
prismatocarpa (Epidendrum prismatocarpum)
pyriformis (Epidendrum pyriforme)
randii 4-6 weeks
selligera (Epidendrum selligerum)
stellata (Epidendrum stellatum)
tampensis (Epidendrum tampense)
vespa
virens (Epidendrum v)
vitellina (Epidendrum vitellinum) months
xipheres (Epidendrum x)
Epidendrum
aciculare (bractescens) (Encyclia acicularis)
adenocaula (Encyclia adenocaulis)
affine (fucatum)
alatum (Encyclia alata)
" var majus
aloifolium Batem (parkinsonianum)
altissimum (hodgeanum) (Encyclia h)
amabile (virgatum)
aromaticum (Encylcia aromatica)
atropurpureum (duboisianum) (Psychilis a)
" forma roseum
atrorubens (selligerum)
barringtoniae (Lycaste b)
bicornutum (Caularthron b)
bidentatum (boothianum)
boothianum (bidentatum)
bractescens (aciculare) (Encyclia acicularis)
chloroleucum (Encyclia chloroleuca)
ciliare (cuspidatum) (Phadrosanthus cilaris)
cinnabarinum
cochleatum (Encyclia cochleata) (Phadrosanthus cochleatus) several X/year
conopseum (Amphliglottis conopsea)
cooperianum weeks
cordigerum
coriifolium (fuscopurpureum)
criniferum
cristatum
cuspidatum (ciliare)
cycnostalix (stamfordianum)
dichromum
difforme (Neolehmannia d)
diotum
duboisianum (atropurpureum)
endresii (Oerstedella e)
ensifolium (Cymbidium e)
erubescens (Artorima e) (Encyclia e)
flos-aeris (Arachnis f-a)
fragrans (Anacheilon f)
fuscatum (affine)
fuschii (skinneri)
garcianum 6 months continuous
gracile (Encyclia gracilis)
granulosum (Cattleya granulosa)
guatemalense (oncidioides)
hodgeanum (altissimum) (Encyclia a)
humboldtii (Laelia h)
ibaguense (radicans) continuous
ilense continuous
ismthi (paniculatum)
imatophyllum (lorifolium)
labiosum (Menadenium l)
laucheanum
leucochilum weeks
longipetalum successive
lorifolium (imatophyllum)
mariae
maxima (Cattleya m)
myrianthum (verrucosum Sw var m)
nemorale (verrucosum Ldl) (Encyclia nemoralis)
nocturnum (Phaedrosanthus nocturnus) continuous
ochranthum (virens)
odoratissima (Encylcia o)
oncidioides (guatemalense) (Encyclia o)
paniculatum (ismthi)
parkinsonianum (aloifolium Batem)
patens
pfavii
phoeniceum (Encyclia phoenicea) successive
plicatum (Encyclia plicata)
polybulbon (Dinema p)
porphyreum
primulinum
prismatocarpum (maculatum hort) (Encyclia prismatocarpa)
pyriforme (Encyclia pyriformis)
radicans (ibaguense)
schomburgkii (splendens)
schumanianum
selligerum (atrorubens) (Encyclia selligera)
skinneri (fuschii)
spectabile months
stamfordianum (cycnostalix)
stellatum (Encyclia stellata)
stenopetalum (lamellatum) successive
tampense (Encyclia tampensis)
unicum
verrucosum Sw
" var myrianthum (myrianthum)
virens (ochranthum) (Encyclia v)
virgatum (amabile)
vitellinum (Encyclia vitellina) 2 months
wallisii 1 month
wattii
xipheres (yucatense)
yucatense (xipheres)
Epigeneium
acuminatum (Dendrobium a)
coelogyne (Dendrobium c)
cymbidioides (Desmotrichum c)
nakahari
Epipactis
gigantea (americana)
Epistephium
lucidum successive
Eria
globifera
Eriopsis
helenae
Erythrodes
latifolia (Physurus latifolius) successive
Esmerelda
clarkei (Arachnis c)
Euanthe
sanderiana (Vanda s)
Eulophia
alta (woodfordii) successive
angolensis (Cymbidium angolense)
calanthoides successive
euglossa (Galeandra e) successive
exalta (stricta)
gigantea (Lissochilus giganteus) successive
graminea
keithii
macrostachya (Graphorchis m)
mucronata (squalida)
quartineanum
rosea (Lissochilus roseus)
squalida (mucronata)
speciosa months
streptopetala
striata (exalta)
stylites (Lissochilus s)
woodfordii (alta)
Eulophiella (All)
roempleriana (hamelini)
Fieldia
lissochiloides (Vandopsis l)
Galeandra
baueri (batemanni)
batemanni (baueri)
berrichii
devoniana
euglossa (Eulophia e)
leptoceras
pubicentrum
stangeana
Galeottia
grandiflora (Mendonsella g)
Gastorchis
humblotii (Phaius h)
tuberculosa (Phaius tuberculatus)
Gastrochilus
bellinus (Saccolabium bellinum)
bigibbus (Saccolabium bigibbum)
calceolaris (Saccolabium calceolare)
dasypogon 4 weeks
fuscopunctatus successive
Gomesa
planifolia
Gongora
galeata (Maxillaria g)
portentosa
Grammangis
ellisii (Gramatophyllum e) to 6 weeks
stapeliiflora (florum)
Grammatophyllum
ellisii (Grammangis e)
scriptum successive/weeks
" var tigrinum
speciosum (Pattonia macrantha)
scriptum successive weeks
" var tigrinum
Graphorchis
macrostachya (Eulophia m)
H to Z