Photo of Nun's Cap Orchid (Calanthe tankervilleae) uploaded by orchidgal

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2019-03-02
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2021-04-08
At peak blooming 9b
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden 2004 Orchid Show
Date: 2004-02-13
Phaius tankervilleae
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2019-01-27
Location: Houston area
Date: 2019-03-25
look inside for the little nun!

Date: 2012-03-01 
Close up of buds
Location: Orlando, FL zone 9b
Date: 2020-03-22
Plant in full bloom Leu Gardens Orlando FL
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2019-01-27
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2020-02-26
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden 2004 Orchid Show
Date: 2004-02-18
Phaius tankervilleae
Location: Lakeland FL
Date: 2015-03-29
Nun's Cap orchid

Date: 2010-03-06

Date: c. 1852
illustration of Phaius tankervilleæ as P. grandifolius var. supe
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2022-07-29
Close up of pod and dust like seeds.
Location: Summeville, SC
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora flower stalks
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2019-02-27

Date: April 6, 2011
Location: Sydney Australia
Date: 2019-09-23
Waiting for first bloom
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2020-02-26
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2020-02-26
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-03-21
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden 2004 Orchid Show
Date: 2004-02-18
Phaius tankervilleae
Location: DeLand, FL
Date: 2010-03-04
Phaius Tancarvilleae - Nun's Orchid
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Bronx NY
Date: April 2013
NY Botanical Gardens Orchid Show

Date: 2010-09-16
photo credit: Hectonichus
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Alba form

Date: April 6, 2011

Date: April 8, 2011

Date: April 24, 2010

Date: December 21, 2009
Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia
Date: 2015-10-18
This wild plant was just finishing flowering. The orchid is liste
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-05-05
Location: Montgomery County, Texas
Date: April 2015
Blooming Nun's Cap orchid in my garden.
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-04-03

Date: 2013-12-07
Location: Philadelphia flower show
Date: 2013-03-12
Location: DeLand, FL
Date: 2010-02-23
The alba form of the species.

Date: 2010-11-16
photo credit: Raabbustamante

photo credit: Peter Woodard

photo credit: Peter Woodard

Date: March 30, 2011
Location: NC Zoo
Date: 2019-02-13
Location: Houston area
Date: 2017-01-17
Location: Derby,Kansas
Date: 2013-02-08
Location: Derby,Kansas
Date: 2013-02-08
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-02-17 
February buds
Location: Palm Sunday Orchid Show, MI
Date: 2008

Date: 2010-03-06

Date: 2010-03-06
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University Delft
Date: 2019-04-15
Alba form

Date: April 10, 2011
Afternoon light

Date: April 3, 2011

Date: April 24, 2010
Location: North Shore area of Jacksonville, Florida
Date: 2006-12-02
P. tankervilliae are frost/freeze sensitive, but the emerging flo
Location: Our Home, DeLand, FL
Date: 2012-02-12
The alba form of the species.
Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia
Date: 2015-10-18
I came across this plant in the wild late in its flowering so the
Location: The Fata Morgana Greenhouse at Prague Botanic Garden
credit: Honza Groh
Photo by hawkarica

Date: Sep 28, 2011 11:22 AM
Location: Houston area
Date: 2015-04-28
Waking up for Spring
Location: Philadelphia flower show
Date: 2013-03-12
Location: Philadelphia flower show
Date: 2013-03-12

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