Humboldt Orchid Society Show

Yesterday I went to an orchid show put on by the Humboldt Orchid Society and saw some amazingly beautiful species. Here are few of them:

Dendrobium thursiflorum

Unknown species

Epidendrum sp.

Psychopsis kalihi

Masdevallia sp.

Chilochista sweelimii

Makai sp.

Dendrochilum filaform

Unknown species

For anybody out there who is an orchid expert, some of these names could be completely wrong, because on some tables there was a label and a whole cluster of plants, so I did the best I could.

There are 34 species of orchids in Humboldt County and I have seen one of them. If I recall, there are 158 species in California. The most orchid diversity is in South America, especially on the Equator.

Spain has 50 species of orchids so hopefully I will be able to catch a few glimpses of some of them!

Botany

I love learning about the organisms that the study of Botany encompasses. In particular, mycology, lichenology, and ecology of plants are my main interests.

I am currently an undergraduate botany student at Humboldt State University in California. I think I want to continue on to get my masters degree when I graduate but I don't know where I want to go yet.

In late September I am going to live in Spain in the Balearic Islands for 8 months working as a student

assistant teaching English. I am minoring in Spanish, that is how I have gotten this amazing opportunity. While there, I will be doing my senior thesis on the macrolichens on the island I am living on, probably Mallorca.

I will be using this blog to describe cool botanical discoveries I make in Northern California, Spain, Europe and wherever else life takes me.

This little beauty is the White-Flowered Rein Orchid, Piperia candida, and it is endangered in California, according to the California Native Plant Society.I found it on a hike around my boyfriend's parents property in Mendocino County. This is the only native orchid I have ever seen in California so it was very exciting. Later that week, I found 8 more individuals along the road! They are relatively abundant in that area evidently.